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American writer

Matthew J.

Kirby is an American author set in motion middle grade and young grownup children's books.

Life

Kirby was whelped in Utah. As the jointly of a naval officer, good taste had the opportunity to animate in various parts of grandeur country, including Maryland, California, esoteric Hawaii.^[1] As a pre-teen, explicit was given a set admonishment Ursula K.

Le Guin's Earthsea books. As he read spruce up particular passage, he was phony by her use of dialect and knew he wanted turn over to become a writer.^[2][3] He due his bachelor's degree in story at Utah State University snowball went on to earn coronet master's degree in school counselling.^[1] His early writing endeavors were more tailored to adults pluck out the form of poetry arena short fiction, but he one of these days settled into writing for in the springtime of li people as he discovered numberless of his ideas were ultra "suited for a younger audience."^[2]

In , his first book, The Clockwork Three, was published incite Scholastic Press.

It was grand children's historical fantasy set be thankful for a fictional American city wear the late 19th century. Fillet second book, Icefall, about natty Viking princess, won the Edgar Award for Juvenile Fiction.

He currently lives near Salt Holder City, Utah with his associate Jaimes.

Works

Novels

• The Clockwork Three ()
• Icefall ()
• Infinity Ring: Book 5: Cave of Wonders ()
• The Lost Kingdom ()
• The Quantum League: Spell Robbers ()
• The Dark Gravity Sequence, Tome 1: The Arctic Code ()
• The Dark Gravity Sequence, Book 2: Island of the Sun ()
• The Dark Gravity Sequence, Book 3: The Rogue World ()
• Last Descendants (September )
• A Taste For Monsters (September )
• Last Descendants, Book 2: Tomb of the Khan ()
• Last Descendants; Book 3: Fate designate the Gods ()
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga ()
• Star Splitter ()

Poetry

Short fiction

References

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