Matthew Tobin Anderson is an American writer of children's books spanning picture books to young adult novels. He is known for incorporating wit and sarcasm into his storytelling, and for his belief that young adults are capable of understanding mature themes and complex narratives. Anderson won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first book in his "Octavian Nothing" series. These historical novels are set during the American Revolution in Boston and represent some of his most acclaimed work.