Matthew J. Kirby
1976
It seems sometimes as the young adult novels and literature intended for pre-school children take all the glory when it comes to children literature. Somehow it appears that middle schoolers are neglected. Even in the science this phase is often decribed as the quiet transitional phase between infancy and puberty. Children are calm and are getting ready to enter the wild world of adolescence. Nonetheless, there is a developed market for middle-schoolers, and new novels are printed on a daily basis. One of the authors who deals with this kind of creation is called Matthew J. Kirby. This acclaimed author spends his time living in a shadow and creating wonderful worlds in which children, as well as the adults can simply disappear. And who is Matthew J. Kirby exactly? What is his story?