Writing For the Lone Reader With Jon Klassen

First Draft Episode #299: Jon Klassen

Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times
bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back
series, is back with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock
From the Sky.


And by Revision Season, the seven-week virtual master class in
novel revision led by award-winning author Elana K. Arnold. The
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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Hear Jon’s first First Draft interview here




Marla Frazee, two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and
illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best
Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk
about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer
and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus. Hear her First
Draft interview here.




George Saunder’s most recent book: A Swim in a Pond in the
Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing,
Reading, and Life




Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, playwright, short story
writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator, most
widely known for his play, Waiting for Godot. Sarah Boxer
wrote about Jon’s new book for the New York Times with the
headline, “Jon Klassen Meets Samuel Beckett in a Hilariously
Dark Picture Book.”




Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of books
for children, including many books illustrated by Jon, like
Caldecott-Honor books Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole,
and the Shapes trilogy: Triangle, Square, and Circle.




Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book
Du Iz Tak?, bestselling picture books Home, and many more
visited First Draft to talk about In the Half Room. Listen to
her FIrst Draft interview here.




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Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien, artist and
illustrator respectively, of picture book The Bear and the
Moon.




Oliver Jeffers, visual
artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author
and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto,
and Here We Are visited First Draft to talk about his newest
picture book, What We’ll Build. Listen to his First Draft
interview here.




Matt de la Peña, author of
seven critically acclaimed young adult novels including
Mexican Whiteboy and Newbery Medal–winning author of Last
Stop on Market Street talks about his newest collaboration
with illustrator Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World.
Listen to his First Draft interview here.




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