Michael Teitelbaum

Michael Teitelbaum is an American writer born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, prolific across children's and tie-in fiction with hundreds of published titles. He has written extensively for licensed franchises, including numerous Spider-Man novelizations and junior novels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tie-in books such as the Junior Novels line and Garfield's Pet Force spinoffs, and adaptations for properties including Men in Black II and The Last Airbender. He also wrote entries in the Turok franchise and the You're Invited to a Creepover series for younger readers. Teitelbaum's long career centers on adapting popular film, television, and comic properties into accessible fiction for children and young readers, making him one of the more prolific tie-in authors of his generation.