Michael Northrop

Michael Northrop is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut which is a very small town fixed in the Berkshire mountains. He says it was a great place to grow up to the age that he lived there. He would also part take in falling out of trees, shooting a BB gun at knock down cans, and playing high school football as a kicker. later high school he left Salisbury and went to untested York, New York to attend New York University (NYU).Once he finished at NYU he worked at both The World Almanac and Sports Illustrated Kids, here he was a senior editor for 8 years. The reason he may be a good writer is because from family lore, he may be cogitate to Jonathan Swift, the man that wrote the famous leger, Gullivers Travels. Here are two more enkindle facts about Michael and his life. He is surprisingly dyslexic and had to repeat the second grade. He also stepped on a yellow jacket nest and was burn by them approximately 75 times.He was also able to take aim a black belt in karate.Michael, as stated earlier, was a senior editor at two news places, so he was already fond of writing so the transition was easy. He came to fame when his book TombQuest Book of the Dead was on the New Yorks Times best sellers attend for three weeks straight. Before this book though, he had a few separate books such as Gentlemen in 2009 and Trapped in 2011. His most youthful book, Polaris, got a comment from R.L. Stine, the author of the Goosebumps series.He said this, The book is scary fun. Loved it This was a great honor coming from such an frightful author.All of his books are great for young adults and are very easy to charm attached to. From his suspenseful books such as Surrounded by Sharks, to his thriller books, wish Polaris, they all encapture you and draw you to read more and more about them. He is all around great author and will always be one of, if not, my favorite authors.