Michelle Cuevas

Michelle Cuevas was born in 1982 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She graduated from Williams College and holds a master of fine arts in creative writing from the University of Virginia, where she received the Henry Hoyns Fellowship.

Michelle is the author of The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole, Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow illustrated by Sydney Smith, national bestseller The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles illustrated by Caldecott medalist Erin E. Stead, Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir by Jacques Papier, Beyond the Laughing Sky illustrated by Julie Morstad, and The Masterwork of a Painting Elephant illustrated by Ed Young. Forthcoming in 2018 is The Town of Turtle illustrated by Catia Chien, about a turtle doing some big renovations on his shell.

Her 2017 title The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole was optioned by Fox Animation/Matt Reeves, and her 2015 title Confessions of an Imaginary Friend is being developed into an animated feature film by Fox Blue Sky. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages worldwide.

Her hobbies include watercolor painting, drawing, the banjo, and being mom to a Bernese Mountain Dog named Indy. Some of her favorite books are The Velveteen Rabbit, The Giving Tree, Charlotte's Web, Le Petit Prince, To Kill a Mockingbird, and poetry collections by Shel Silverstein, James Tate, and Mary Oliver.

If she had to choose a job other than author, she would be a paleontologist.