Margi enjoys traveling, speaking, and visiting schools all over the world.

Her books for young readers have won multiple awards, including a Newbery Honor, landed on the New York Times bestseller list and many other “best-of” lists, been honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, featured on NPR, and chosen for community reads.

Forthcoming titles include the picture book Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies and a chapter book series entitled The Shrew Detective, as well as paperback editions of Village of Scoundrels and Windswept. She lives in Duluth where she likes to hike, ski, snowshoe, or sit quietly with a book on her lap.

Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction

Historical fiction, mystery, and fantasy for ages 10 and up.

Shadow on the Mountain

West of the Moon

New for 2025

Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies

Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine. Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate frequently traveled many miles by snowmobile or snowplow in order to reach her patients, which lead to her nickname, the "Angel on Snowshoes."

Lily Leads the Way

Storm’s Coming

Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Trees of the World

The Legend of the Lady Slipper

Educational & Enlightening

Margi would love to visit your school (virtually or in-person), speak at your conference, or conduct a writing workshop or residency.

How does a book come to be? What’s it like to be an author? Margi loves to explore these questions and more with large or small groups; classrooms or auditorium assemblies; kids or kids at heart. Learn more >