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SCOTT MAGOON
Scott Magoon was born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1972 and his first drawing was a chicken.
He split his early years growing up in Hudson, New Hampshire and Cornville, Maine, always drawing scenes from his favorite movies, dinosaurs and TV shows.
He moved to Boston in 1990 to study at Northeastern University and while earning his Bachelor's of Arts degree in English literature, he drew a weekly comic strip for the Northeastern News called Duct Tape Man. It was this experience that sealed his love for duct tape. And drawing pictures for stories.
He currently works as the art director for Houghton Mifflin children's books in Boston. He worked for Candlewick Press as a book designer for 3 years.
His book illustration debut swam on to the scene with the publication of Ugly Fish, written by Kara LaReau, a former colleague at Candlewick. Ugly Fish won the Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books blue ribbon in 2006, and a Bilby award, an honor bestowed by Australia's school children.
In 2007, Hugo and Miles in I've Painted Everything and The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster were published and featured in the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show as well as its Annual exhibition in New York.
The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster was also selected by the New York Public Library system as one of the 100 Books for Reading and Sharing for 2007.
In 2008, Rabbit & Squirrel a Tale of War and Peas and Scott's own Mystery Ride! arrived in bookstores. Rabbit & Squirrel was selected as a Borders Original Voices pick for May. Rabbit & Squirrel is the second book on which Scott collaborated with his Ugly Fish partner in crime, Kara LaReau. Mystery Ride!, Scott's second authored book, will be in stores this fall and is based on his adventures growing up in New Hampshire and Maine.
Scott has several books in the works, including Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of Little Pea and Little Hoot, as well as by Charise Miricle Harper, author of the popular Just Grace and Fashion Kitty series.
Scott thinks the best books for children take the ordinary, make it extraordinary and let them know "it's all going to be ok. Now go to bed."
Scott currently lives in Reading, MA with his wife and two young sons.
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