Lincoln Peirce
After completing the Big Nate novel series in 2016, Peirce began work on the Max & the Midknights series, a comedic adventure story set in the Middle Ages. It is the first in a projected three-book series published by Crown Books for Young Readers. Max & the Midknights was published on January 8, 2019, and went on to spend sixteen weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, peaking at #2. The second book in the series, Max & the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins was released on December 1, 2020. Peirce is currently working on the third and final book in the series, Max & the Midknights: The Tower of Time. It has finally been confirmed that it will release on March 1, 2022. Similarly to Big Nate, on November 16, 2021, Max & the Midknights has been greenlit for an animated series on Nickelodeon.