Mac Barnett | |
|---|---|
 Mac Barnett in 2018, taken by Carson Ellis | |
| Born | Castro Valley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Genre | Children's books |
| Website | |
| macbarnett.com | |
Mac Barnett is an American writer of children's books living in Oakland, California. He was born in Castro Valley, California but grew up in Castro Valley and Oakland.[1]
Barnett graduated from Pomona College, where he studied under the writer David Foster Wallace.[2]
Extra Yarn, a picture book illustrated by Jon Klassen, won the 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and 2013 E. B. White Read Aloud Award.[3] It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book. Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, won a Caldecott Honor and the 2015 E.B. White Read Aloud Award.[4]
He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of the Emmy-award winning children's animated series Shape Island on Apple TV+, based on their Shapes trilogy of picture books.
In 2011, Barnett wrote the Picture Book Proclamation, an art manifesto about picture books signed by 21 other children's writers.[5]
In 2024, Barnett wrote La Porta Segreta, a book for adults about children's books, published in Italian by Terre di Mezzo. [6]
- ^ Berry, Michael (2018-05-28). "YA Author Mac Barnett Releases Three Books This Year". www.oaklandmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "The quirky lives of childrens' [sic] book writers – Part 1". Ratna Kamath. Bookshelf. October 12, 2011. Pomona College. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ "E. B. White Read Aloud Award Winners". the American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "ABA Announces 2015 Indies Choice and E.B. White Award Winners". the American Booksellers Association. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Lodge |, Sally. "Mac Barnett Spearheads 'A Picture Book Manifesto'". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Mac Barnett: La Porta Segreta an interview with Nikki Gamble".