Kate Messner grew up in Medina, a small town in Western New York. She graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Communication with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and worked as a television news producer and reporter in Syracuse, NY and then Burlington, VT, before going back to school to get a teaching degree.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
Series
Marty McGuire
1. Marty McGuire (2011)
2. Marty McGuire Digs Worms! (2012)
3. Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! (2014)
1. Marty McGuire (2011)
2. Marty McGuire Digs Worms! (2012)
3. Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! (2014)
Ranger in Time
1. Rescue on the Oregon Trail (2015)
2. Danger in Ancient Rome (2015)
3. Long Road to Freedom (2015)
4. Race to the South Pole (2016)
5. Journey through Ash and Smoke (2017)
6. Escape from the Great Earthquake (2017)
7. D-Day: Battle on the Beach (2018)
8. Hurricane Katrina Rescue (2018)
9. Disaster on the Titanic (2019)
10. Night of Soldiers and Spies (2019)
11. Escape From the Twin Towers (2020)
12. Attack on Pearl Harbor (2020)
1. Rescue on the Oregon Trail (2015)
2. Danger in Ancient Rome (2015)
3. Long Road to Freedom (2015)
4. Race to the South Pole (2016)
5. Journey through Ash and Smoke (2017)
6. Escape from the Great Earthquake (2017)
7. D-Day: Battle on the Beach (2018)
8. Hurricane Katrina Rescue (2018)
9. Disaster on the Titanic (2019)
10. Night of Soldiers and Spies (2019)
11. Escape From the Twin Towers (2020)
12. Attack on Pearl Harbor (2020)
Fergus and Zeke
1. Fergus and Zeke (2017)
2. At the Science Fair (2018)
3. The Field Day Challenge (2020)
1. Fergus and Zeke (2017)
2. At the Science Fair (2018)
3. The Field Day Challenge (2020)
History Smashers
The Mayflower (2020)
Women's Right to Vote (2020)
Pearl Harbor (2021)
The Titanic (2021)
The American Revolution (2021)
Plagues and Pandemics (2021)
The Mayflower (2020)
Women's Right to Vote (2020)
Pearl Harbor (2021)
The Titanic (2021)
The American Revolution (2021)
Plagues and Pandemics (2021)
Novels
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z (2009)
Sugar and Ice (2010)
Eye of the Storm (2012)
Wake Up Missing (2013)
The Exact Location of Home (2014)
All the Answers (2015)
The Seventh Wish (2016)
Breakout (2018)
Chirp (2020)
Sugar and Ice (2010)
Eye of the Storm (2012)
Wake Up Missing (2013)
The Exact Location of Home (2014)
All the Answers (2015)
The Seventh Wish (2016)
Breakout (2018)
Chirp (2020)
Picture Books
Seamonster's First Day (2011)
Over and Under the Snow (2011) (with Christopher Silas Neal)
Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish (2013)
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (2015)
How to Read a Story (2015)
Tree of Wonder (2015)
Over and Under the Pond (2017)
Rolling Thunder (2017)
The Brilliant Deep (2018)
The Next President (2020)
Over and Under the Rainforest (2020)
Sloth Wasn't Sleepy (2021)
Over and Under the Snow (2011) (with Christopher Silas Neal)
Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish (2013)
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (2015)
How to Read a Story (2015)
Tree of Wonder (2015)
Over and Under the Pond (2017)
Rolling Thunder (2017)
The Brilliant Deep (2018)
The Next President (2020)
Over and Under the Rainforest (2020)
Sloth Wasn't Sleepy (2021)
Chapter Books
Kate Messner recommends

P.S. I Miss You (2018)
Jen Petro-Roy
"A heartbreaking but empowering story that's impossible to forget. . . . Readers will love Evie's smart, funny voice and will recognize themselves in her worries, her questions, and her hopes."

Caterpillar Summer (2019)
Gillian McDunn
"I could almost smell the ocean air as I read Gillian McDunn's Caterpillar Summer. What a beautiful story of family, forgiveness, life on an island, and growing up."

Of a Feather (2021)
Dayna Lorentz
"I love this story of falconry, family, and finding your way in a big, scary world. Reenie and Rufus absolutely stole my heart!"
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