Who This Author Is

Bill Knott has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 10 catalog-linked books across 1973 to 2018, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with I Am Flying into Myself and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1973 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Books in Motion and Consortium Book Sales & Dist.

Best Place To Start

I Am Flying into Myself

Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2018 • standard commitment

It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Books in Motion and Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1973 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Books in Motion and Consortium Book Sales & Dist.

Top Books To Start With

  1. I Am Flying into Myself

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2018 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2018 • 256 pages.

  2. The Unsubscriber: Poems

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2006 • quick commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  3. Laugh at the end of the world

    Consortium Book Sales & Dist • 2000 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 143 pages.

  4. Ploughshares Winter 1987-88

    Ploughshares Books • 1987 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1987 • 179 pages.

  5. Clutch single (Intext sportbook)

    Intext Press • 1973 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1973 • 132 pages.

  6. Hell's Children (Golden Hawk Series , No 4)

    Books in Motion • 1996 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996.

  7. Kill Hawk (Golden Hawk Series , No 5)

    Books in Motion • 1996 • commitment varies by edition

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  8. Scalper's Trail (Golden Hawk Series , No 6)

    Books in Motion • 1996 • commitment varies by edition

  9. Poems, 1963-1988 (Pitt Poetry Series)

    Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Trd) • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 64 pages.

  10. Lefty's Long Throw

    Steck-Vaughn Company • 1975 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 1975.

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