Wordstock Festival 2012

Mac Barnett is the author of several picture books, including Chloe and the Lion, illustrated by Adam Rex, and Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen. He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries.

Matthew Holm the co-creator of two series of graphic novels for children, the award-winning Babymouse series and the Indiebound-Bestselling Squish series, both from Random House Children’s Books. His latest books are Babymore for President and Squish: Captain Disaster. Prior to working in children’s publishing, Matt spent eight years writing about kitchens (among other topics) for Country Living Magazine. He currently lives in Portland, OR with his wife and dog.

Victoria Jamieson is a children’s book author and illustrator. Her most recent book, Olympig!, was featured in the New York Times Book Review and in USA Today. She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, and went on to receive her MA in Museum Studies at the University of Sydney. After living in Rome, Montreal, and Australia, she moved back to the US, where she began working as a designer with a children’s book publisher in New York City. She is now the author...
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Jon Klassen is the creator of the #1 New York Times bestseller I Want My Hat Back, which was named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Award winner, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year. He is the illustrator of: House Held Up by Trees, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser; Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson, which won the Governor General’s...
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