Adam Gidwitz (born February 14, 1982) is an American author of children’s books, best known for A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), In a Glass Grimmly (2012), and The Grimm Conclusion (2013). He received a 2017 Newbery Honor for The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016). In 2021, his book A Tale Dark and Grimm was adapted into an animated miniseries on Netflix.
Books in order of publication:
Standalone books
The Empire Strikes Back – So You Want to Be a Jedi. Los Angeles, Disney Lucasfilm Press, 2015.
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2016.
Grimm trilogy
A Tale Dark and Grimm. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2010.
In a Glass Grimmly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2012.
The Grimm Conclusion. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2013.
The Unicorn Rescue Society series
The Creature of the Pines, Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2018.
The Basque Dragon. Co-authored by Jesse Casey. Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2018.
Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot. Co-authored by Joseph Bruchac. Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2018.
The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande. Co-authored by David Bowles. Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2019.
The Madre de Aguas of Cuba. Co-authored by Emma Otheguy. Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2020.
Operation Kinderspion duology
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II. Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2024.
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