The Year of the Fat Kid Begins!

January 25th, 2022–Matt’s highly anticipated follow-up to his debut middle-grade novel, BUMP, has finally been released! THE SUPERVILLAIN’S GUIDE TO BEING A FAT KID is available in hardcover everywhere you buy books! You can also get it for most ereaders and as a wonderfully produced audiobook read by Mark Sanderlin and available from Harper Audio.

THE SUPERVILLAIN’S GUIDE TO BEING A FAT KID has already been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for 2022. Matt’s deeply personal, surprisingly funny, and stereotype-smashing novel of body positivity, bullying, and acceptance has received praise from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Teen Librarian Toolbox, and YA Books Central, among others, as well as being named a must-read children’s release by Book Riot. Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times best-selling author of DUMPLIN’, calls it, “A funny and heartfelt underdog tale I couldn’t put down!”

It is Matt’s hope that every kid, especially fat kids like he was, have the opportunity to read and learn from this story. You can help make that happen by reviewing SVG online, talking about it on your social media, and helping to place it in classrooms and libraries everywhere.

Cover Art by Kat Fajardo

SAVAGE BOUNTY HAS BEEN UNLEASHED!!!

JULY 20th–The highly anticipated sequel to Matt’s debut epic fantasy novel, SAVAGE LEGION, is out today from Saga Press and Gallery Books everywhere you buy books! SAVAGE BOUNTY continues the stories of Evie, Lexi, Dyeawan, and Taru as they are all pulled deeper into their own corners of the lethal lie that is the empire of Crache. The second book in Matt’s Savage Rebellion Trilogy has already received glowing reviews from Publishers Weekly, FIYAH Literary Magazine, and a star from Library Journal!

SAVAGE BOUNTY is also available as a wonderful audiobook from the good folks at Simon Audio, again narrated fantastically by Lameece Issaq, and which can be purchased through Audible and Google Play, as well as Libro.fm which will support independent bookstores (which Matt always encourages)!

Matt thanks everyone for their support, and asks that you please signal boost the release on your social media channels, as well as leave reviews for his books places like Amazon and Goodreads. All of these things really help!

The Savage Rebellion Trilogy will conclude next year with the final book, SAVAGE CROWNS.