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Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983) is a New York Times bestselling author of five books: Steal Like an Artist; Show Your Work!; Keep Going; Steal Like An Artist Journal; and Newspaper Blackout.Kleon's works focus on creativity in today's world. He has spoken at organizations such as Pixar, Google, and TEDx, and at conferences such as The Economist's Human Potential Summit and SXSW. Early life On June 16, 1983, Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Kleon's father was an associate professor at Ohio State University. Kleon's mother was a school counsellor and later a school principal. Kleon has two half brothers and a step sister. Kleon graduated as a valedictorian in high school. Education Kleon attended Miami University in Ohio. Career Kleon started his career in a public library in Cleveland, Ohio. While working in a library, Kleon became a blogger and posted his poems. Kleon also taught library users how to use computers. Kleon taught himself HTML and CSS. In Austin, Texas, Kleon became a web designer for the law school at University of Texas. Kleon published his poems as Newspaper Blackout. After Kleon's first book was published, he became a copywriter for Spring box, a digital ad agency.Kleon's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and featured on major media.Kleon publishes a weekly newsletter to 70,000+ subscribers. Personal life Kleon lives in Austin, Texas with his family. Influences/Interests Kleon often documents his ever-growing list of influences on his blog at https://austinkleon.com/. Returning inspirations are Lynda Barry and Rob Walker. He is an advocate for library tourism, often imploring his readers to seek out a library card and check out the wide-variety of free offerings available at local institutions. Bibliography Newspaper Blackout (2010) Steal Like An Artist (2012) Show Your Work! (2014) The Steal Like An Artist Journal (2015) Keep Going (2019)References External links Media related to Austin Kleon at Wikimedia Commons Official website Austin Kleon's official Facebook Austin Kleon's official Twitter Austin Kleon on NPR Random stuff . Discover the Austin Kleon popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Austin Kleon books.
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The Smarts
Saj Jetha'Whether an Intern, Graduate or Manager, this is fresh and essential for performing in today’s frenetic working world’ Heidi K. Gardner, HarvardFrom first day introductions to tack...
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Teaching Graphic Design
Steven HellerThis priceless teaching tool features more than 70 proveneffective programs from the country’s leading graphic design schools. Spanning from traditional, “bricks and mortar” approa...
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Teaching Graphic Design
Steven HellerMore Than Sixty Course Syllabi That Bring the New Complexity of Graphic Design to Light All graphic designers teach, yet not all graphic designers are teachers. Teaching is a speci...
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The Gospel According to Jesus
Stephen MitchellA dazzling presentation of the life and teachings of Jesus by the eminent scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell.
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Marketing Illustration
Marshall Arisman & Steven HellerThe market for illustration is changing. How can illustrators survive and thrive? Illustration students, educators, and working artists will find illuminating commentary on e...
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Keep Going
Austin KleonKeep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating. In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to un...
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Scratch
Manjula MartinA collection of essays from today’s most acclaimed authorsfrom Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzenon the realities of...
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Steal Like an Artist
Austin KleonUnlock your creativity. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artis...
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Shelf Aware
VR FeroseBIBLIOPHILIA: A perfectly acceptable addiction marked by obsessive reading, aggressive booksniffing and strategic hoarding.For as long as Ferose, a San Franciscobased techie and 'g...
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Inside the Business of Illustration
Steven Heller & Marshall Arismanhis guide to the ins and outs of today's dynamic illustration business tells budding illustrators everything that their teacher didn't know or their art director didn't tell them. ...