In August 2009, Matthew Lee Goodman flew to Israel in hopes of finishing his first novel. While he failed to produce a satisfactory version of that novel, he did write his first children's book,
Anna and the Gold-Lined Champagne Swimming Pool as a gift for a friend. Now a fully committed children's author, his current projects include
The Goblin Prince,
Adam and the Misshapen Log, and
The Fox and the Shadow. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.