Michael Northrop
Biography
Michael Northrop
Michael Northrop is the author of two YA novels --- GENTLEMEN, one of the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults" for 2010, and TRAPPED, a Spring 2011 Indie Next List selection --- and the new middle grade novel PLUNKED. He is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut, a small town in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains, where he mastered the arts of BB gun shooting, tree climbing, and field goal kicking with only moderate injuries. After graduating from NYU, he worked at The World Almanac and Sports Illustrated Kids, where he was a senior editor from 2000 to 2008. His articles and stories have been published widely.
Michael Northrop
