Michelle Schusterman is the author of over a dozen books for kids and teens, including SPELL & SPINDLE, OLIVE AND THE BACKSTAGE GHOST, and the series THE KAT SINCLAIR FILES and I HEART BAND. She co-authored the YA novel THE PROS OF CONS with Alison Cherry and Lindsay Ribar, and co-authored the SECRETS OF TOPSEA series under the name M. Shelley Coats. She also wrote SPOTLIGHT ON CODING CLUB!, the fourth book in the New York Times Bestselling GIRLS WHO CODE series.
Her upcoming projects include THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MEDALIST, book #1 in the Kudo Kids series co-authored with Olympic medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani to be released May 2020, and THE DOG’S MEOW, a Scholastic clubs & fairs pick out September 2020.
Michelle’s novels have received many accolades, including starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publisher’s Weekly, multiple Junior Library Guild selections, and inclusion on the American Library Association’s Rainbow List and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers List, the CBCC Best of 2019 List, and the NC State College of Education Comic Relief Reading List.
A former Texas public school teacher, Michelle spent six years in New York as a creative writing instructor at Writopia Lab in Manhattan, where her students received honors such as Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Keys and acceptance into the Worldwide Plays Festival. Michelle recently moved back to her hometown and teaches writing workshops both in Dallas and online.
Website: michelleschusterman.com
Instagram: @michelleschusterman
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