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Matthue Roth

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Born

in Philadelphia, The United States

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http://www.matthue.com

Genre

Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Sherman Alexie, Francesca Lia Block, Jeanette Winterson, Paul Auster, ...more

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December 2007

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Matthue's book My First Kafka was called "eerie and imaginative" by The New Yorker) and "creepy cute" by Wired. He's also written a bunch of other books, most recently Rules of My Best Friend's Body. He's also written for Sesame Street, and by day he writes games for Google. He lives in Brooklyn with his family, and he keeps a secret diary at www.matthue.com. ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,940 ratings · 425 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Never Mind the Goldbergs 3.44 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losers 3.53 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My First Kafka: Runaways, Rodents, and Giant Bugs by Matthue Roth (Goodreads Author), Rohan Daniel Eason (illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yom Kippur a Go-Go: A Memoir 3.98 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candy in Action 3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gobblings by Matthue Roth (Goodreads Author), Rohan Daniel Eason (Artist) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules of My Best Friend's Body 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Automatic: A Memoir - Death, Girls, and R.E.M.'s "Automatic for the People" 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yom Kippur a Go-Go 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Friends 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Giraffe who was Made of Cheese

I illustrated a chapter in The Rolling Eating Face and Other Stories, a new picture book by Effie Ross. I'm really honored to have been asked, and also really pleased with the way my pictures turned out. The story itself is sublimely weird, really superbly told and that sort of explosive & expansive creativity that only happens in the desperation of bedtime, and it was a thrill to do something to

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McSweeney's #49

by Dave Eggers

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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

by Walter Mosley

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The Book of Wonder

by Lord Dunsany

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“Even catholics have hail marys. Jews only have guilt.”
― Matthue Roth, Never Mind the Goldbergs

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