Michelle Houts is an American author of picture and chapter books for children.

Personal life

Houts lives in Celina, Ohio.

Books

  • Sea Glass Summer (2019, Candlewick Press).
  • When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike. (2016, Ohio University Press), biography of extreme hiker Emma Rowena Gatewood. Chosen as a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2016.
  • Kammie on First (2014, Ohio University Press), a biography of Dottie Kamenshek.
  • Winterfrost (2014, Candlewick Press)
  • Silent Swoop (2019, Dawn Publications)
  • Count the Wings: The Life and Art of Charley Harper (2018, Ohio University Press), biography of mid-century modern artist Charley Harper
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 1: Nuts About Science (2017, Sky Pony Press)
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 2: Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas (2017, Sky Pony Press)
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 3: The Colossal Fossil Fiasco (2018, Sky Pony Press)
  • The Beef Princess of Practical County (2009, Random House, Delacorte Press)
  • The Practical County Drama Queen (2014, MuseItUp)