Michael Grant (author, born 1954)

Michael Reynolds (born July 26, 1954) is an American author of young adult fiction writing under the name Michael Grant.^[1] He has written over 160 books, though most are as a co-author with his wife, Katherine Applegate.^{[2][unreliable source]} Together they have written the Animorphs and the Everworld series,^[3] as well as the Making Out series.^[4] Grant is the sole author of the Gone series, the BZRK series, the Messenger of Fear series, and the Front Lines trilogy. His top selling book was Gone.

His writing influences include Stephen King, Bill Bryson, Patrick O'Brien, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dan Simmons, and Raymond Chandler^{[5][unreliable source]}

Grant was raised in a military family, attending ten schools in five states as well as three schools in France. He became a writer in part because "it was one of the few jobs that wouldn't tie him down to a specific location. He has lived in almost 50 homes in 14 states."^[6]

Grant has described growing up poor, in trailer parks, and dropping out of school at age 15. He then got a job at Toys R Us, with a fake ID he obtained by signing up for the draft (during the Vietnam War). After three months, he quit and traveled to Europe for three months.^[7]

Grant lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, and their two children, and their many pets.^[6] He currently resides in Tiburón, California.^[8]

Companion books

• Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift (1997)
• Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs (1998)
• Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret (1999)
• Megamorphs 4: Back to Before (2000)
• The Andalite Chronicles (1997)
• The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (1998)
• The Ellimist Chronicles (2000)
• Visser (2000)
• Alternamorphs 1: The First Journey (1999) (ghostwritten)
• Alternamorphs 2: The Next Passage (2000) (ghostwritten)^{[clarification needed]}

• Search for Senna (1999)
• Land of Loss (1999)
• Enter the Enchanted (1999)
• Realm of the Reaper (2000)
• Discover the Destroyer (2000)
• Fear the Fantastic (2000)
• Gateway to the Gods (2000)
• Brave the Betrayal (2000)
• Inside the Illusion (2000)
• Understand the Unknown (2000)
• Mystify the Magician (2001)
• Entertain the End (2001)

• The Mayflower Project (2001)
• Destination Unknown (2001)
• Them (2001)
• Nowhere Land (2002)
• Mutation (2002)
• Breakdown (2002)
• Isolation (2002)
• Mother, May I? (2002)
• No Place Like Home (2002)
• Lost and Found (2003)
• Dream Storm (2003)
• Aftermath (2003)
• Survival (2003)
• Begin Again (2003)

• Gone (2008)
• Hunger (2009)
• Lies (2010)
• Plague (2011)
• Fear (2012)
• Light (2013)

• Monster (2017)
• Villain (2018)
• Hero (2019)

• The Call (2011)
• The Trap (2012)
• The Key (2013)
• The Power (2013)

• BZRK (2012)
• BZRK II: Reloaded (2013)
• BZRK III: Apocalypse (2014)
• BZRK: Origins (2013)

• Messenger of Fear (2014)
• The Tattooed Heart (2015)

• The Snake: A Messenger of Fear Story (2014: online only)

• Front Lines (2016)
• Silver Stars (2017)
• Purple Hearts (2018)

• A Sudden Death in Cyprus (2018)
• An Artful Assassin in Amsterdam (2019)

• Eve & Adam with Katherine Applegate (2012)

• Official UK website
• MichaelGrantBks on Twitter