Shawn Harris is an award-winning author and illustrator of books for kids. One picture book he wrote and illustrated received a Caldecott Honor. A middle-grade novel he illustrated, written by Dave Eggers, was awarded the Newbery Medal. The National Museum of Wildlife Art gave one of his books, written by Mac Barnett, the Bull-Bransom Award, for excellence in the field of children’s book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. He and Mac also make a series of New York Times bestselling graphic novels about a cat in space. Shawn lives in Half Moon Bay, California. He likes to sing, surf, and play racquetball, too.
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Educators, you might find the resources on my youtube link useful for teaching art and writing.
And maybe you know about how Mac Barnett and I wrote a whole graphic novel week by week in front of an online audience of kids and parents? Well you can still watch our “rough draft” of The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza here.
If you like to see process and stay up to date on my tour dates, Instagram is where I post that sort of stuff.