Mac Barnett
Encyclopedia
Mac Barnett is an American author of children's books
living in Oakland, California
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, as the #2 Picture Book of 2010. The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, the first Brixton Brothers book, was nominated for an Edgar Award
in 2010.
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.
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Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
living in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
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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 RexAdam Rex
Adam Rex is an American illustrator and author of children's books living in Tucson, Arizona.- Career :Adam Rex received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. He has contributed illustrations to Magic: The Gathering and other fantasy art and has illustrated several children's books...
, as the #2 Picture Book of 2010. The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, the first Brixton Brothers book, was nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
in 2010.
Mac Barnett serves on the board of directors of 826LA
826LA
826LA is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write. Programs are structured around the beliefs that great leaps in learning can happen with...
, 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 WallaceDavid Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
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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 FaceThe Clock Without a FaceThe Clock Without a Face is puzzle book by Eli Horowitz and Mac Barnett with illustrations by Scott Teplin. It was published in 2010 by McSweeney's...
, 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)