Elizabeth (Liz) Garton Scanlon (born Elizabeth Garton) is an American author of Children's books.
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Scanlon grew up Vail, Colorado and later moved to Wisconsin. Her undergraduate degree was in English and her graduate was in Creative Writing. After helping her daughter put on socks on her daughter she got the idea for her first book, A Sock Is A Pocket for Your Toes (2004). Five years later in September 2009, her second book All The World was published. It was illustrated by Marla Frazee, and won the Caldecott Award in 2010. In March 2011, her third book, Noodle and Lou, was released.
Scanlon lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and two daughters. She also teaches Creative Writing at Austin Community College.