Matthew Eicheldinger

Matt Eicheldinger wasn’t always a writer. He spent most of his childhood playing soccer, reading comics, and trying his best to stay out of trouble. Little did he know those moments would ultimately help craft his first novel, Matt Sprouts and The Curse of the Ten Broken Toes. After independently publishing the novel in 2021, Matt Sprouts and The Curse of the Ten Broken Toes went out to receive four national awards, including Indie Book of the Year. This got the attention of Andrews McMeel Publishing, who bought rights to the book, which went on to be a New York Times and USA Today Bestseller in the first week of its release. Eicheldinger has been teaching middle school language arts for the past fifteen years where he’s become known for his storytelling method of teaching. He has also created a growing audience on social media, becoming one of the top followed teacher accounts on Instagram. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children, and tries to create new adventures with them whenever possible. When he's not writing, you can find him telling students stories in his classroom, or trail running along the Minnesota River Bottoms.