Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett is an American author of children's books living in Oakland, California.
Career
Mac Barnett is the author of several picture books and the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Time Magazine named his picture book Guess Again!, illustrated by Adam Rex, as the #2 Picture Book of 2010.[1] The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, the first Brixton Brothers book, was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2010.[2]
Mac Barnett serves on the board of directors of 826LA, a nonprofit writing center in Los Angeles, CA. He founded the center's Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a novelty store selling time travel supplies that helps support the nonprofit.
Education
Mac Barnett graduated from Pomona College, where he studied under the writer David Foster Wallace.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, illustrated by Adam Rex (Simon & Schuster, October 6, 2009)
- The Ghostwriter Secret, illustrated by Adam Rex (Simon & Schuster, October 5, 2010)
- It Happened on a Train, illustrated by Adam Rex (Simon & Schuster, October 4, 2011)
Picture books
- Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, illustrated by Adam Rex (Hyperion, June 23, 2009)
- Guess Again!, illustrated by Adam Rex (Simon & Schuster, September 15, 2009)
- The Clock without a Face, with Eli Horowitz and Scott Teplin (McSweeney's, April 27, 2010)
- Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World), illustrated by Dan Santat (Hyperion, June 1, 2010)
- Mustache!, illustrated by Kevin Cornell (Hyperion, October 25, 2011)
- Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Balzer + Bray, January 17, 2012)
- Chloe and the Lion, illustrated by Adam Rex (Hyperion, April 3, 2012)
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August 23, 1982 |
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California, United States |
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