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Brian Selznick (born July 14, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and The Marvels (2015) and Wonderstruck (2011). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series. Life and career Selznick, the oldest of three children of a Jewish family, was born and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where he graduated in 1984 from East Brunswick High School. He is the son of Lynn (Samson) and Roger E. Selznick. His grandfather was a cousin of Hollywood producer David O. Selznick. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and then worked for three years at Eeyore's Books for Children in Manhattan while working on The Houdini Box, about a boy's chance encounter with Harry Houdini and its aftermath. It became his debut work, a 56-page picture book published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1991.Selznick won the 2008 Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book, recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Its Caldecott Medal was the first for a long book, 533 pages with 284 pictures. Selznick calls it "not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things." At the time it was "by far the longest and most involved book I’ve ever worked on." It has inspired students to action, including a fourth grade class staging a silent film festival, and a group of fifth graders who turned the book into a 30-minute modern dance.The Invention of Hugo Cabret follows a young orphan in Paris in the 1930s as he tries to piece together a broken automaton. The book was inspired by a passage in the book Edison’s Eve by Gaby Wood recounting the collection of automata that belonged to Georges Méliès. After his death they were thrown away by the museum that he donated them to. Selznick, a fan of Méliès and automata, envisioned a young boy stealing an automaton from the garbage. The Invention of Hugo Cabret was adapted as a film, Hugo, by director Martin Scorsese and released in November 2011.Selznick cites Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, and Remy Charlip, author of Fortunately, as strong influences on his books The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck.Prior to winning the 2008 Caldecott Medal, Selznick had been a runner-up for the award, winning a Caldecott Honor in 2002 for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer. Other awards include the Texas Bluebonnet Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Christopher Award. Works As writer "A Buried History of Paleontology", by Selznick and David Serlin, Cabinet 28: Bones (Winter 2007/08) The Hugo Movie Companion: A Behind the Scenes Look at How a Beloved Book Became a Major Motion Picture; with additional material by Martin Scorsese and David Serlin (Scholastic, 2011)As writer and illustrator The Houdini Box (1991) The Robot King (1995) Boy of a Thousand Faces (2000) The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), historical steampunk novel Wonderstruck (2011), a historical novel The Marvels (2015) Baby Monkey, Private Eye (2018), early reader by Brian Selznick and David SerlinAs illustrator Doll Face Has a Party (1994), picture book by Pam Conrad Our House: stories of Levittown (1995), by Pam Conrad — about Levittown Frindle (1996), novella by Andrew Clements The Boy Who Longed for a Lift (1997), picture book by Norma Farber Riding Freedom (1998), by Pam Muñoz Ryan — about Charley Parkhurst, fictionalized Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride: based on a true story (1999), by Pam Muñoz Ryan — about Amelia Earhart fictionalized Barnyard Prayers (2000), picture book by Laura Godwin The Doll People (2000), novel by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin The Landry News (2000, paperback), novella by Andrew Clements (1999) The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (2001), by Barbara Kerley — about Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins The School Story (2001), by Andrew Clements When Marian Sang (2002), by Pam Muñoz Ryan — about Marian Anderson Wingwalker (2002), by Rosemary Wells The Dulcimer Boy (2003), novel by Tor Seidler The Meanest Doll in the World (2003), by Martin and Godwin, book 2 Walt Whitman: words for America (2004), by Barbara Kerley — about Walt Whitman Lunch Money (2005), novel by Andrew Clements Marly's Ghost: a remix of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (2006), by David Levithan The Runaway Dolls (2008), by Martin and Godwin, book 3 12: a novel (2009, Feiwel and Friends; ISBN 9780312370213; also Twelve) The Harry Potter series (2018) Live Oak, with Moss; (2019) References Further reading Llanas, Sheila Griffin. Brian Selznick (Minneapolis: ABDO Pub., 2012; ISBN 9781617832482) — Checkerboard biography library, Children's illustrators, 24 pagesExternal links Official Website Interview by Scholastic students Brian Selznick at Reading Rockets, includes video interview Brian Selznick at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Brian Selznick at Library of Congress Authorities, with 28 catalog records Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and Doctor David Serlin The Marvels Wonderstruck The Invention of Hugo Cabret . Discover the Pam Godwin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Pam Godwin books.
Best Seller Pam Godwin Books of June 2021
Courage
Kristen ProbyJune 22, 2021$4.99From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her Big Sky series, Courage. This is the first story in the Heroes of Big Sky, all about men in uniform in Cunn...
Legacy
Nora RobertsMay 25, 2021$14.99#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents Legacy , a new novel of a mother and a daughter, of ambition and romance, and of a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat...
The Good Lord Bird
James McBrideAugust 20, 2013$1.99Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book C...
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura DaveMay 4, 2021$12.99#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SELECTION OF THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, BEST BOOK OF SUMMER SELECTED BY * VOGUE * USA TODAY * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * CNN * TOWN & ...
What She Left Behind
Ellen Marie WisemanDecember 31, 2013$11.99Half a million copies sold! The breakout novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Collector , What She Left Behind weaves together riveting stories of past and p...
The Best Man to Die
Ruth RendellMay 12, 1981$1.99The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . . “The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.”— The Boston Globe Who could have suspecte...
Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne TylerApril 7, 2020$1.99LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE From the beloved Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel—an instant New York Times bestseller—about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive pow...
The Warlord of the Air
Michael MoorcockJanuary 15, 2013$1.99Set in an unstable world where the British Empire rules over all, this genre-defying novel blends steampunk, alternative history, and time travel science fiction It is 1973, and the s...
The Four Winds
Kristin HannahFebruary 2, 2021$14.99#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER #1 INDIE BESTSELLER " The Four Winds seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing an...
The Silent Patient
Alex MichaelidesFebruary 5, 2019$12.99**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." — Enter...
A Rancher's Bride
Vivian ArendNovember 20, 2018$0.99Welcome to Heart Falls, where there's more at stake than the future of the Silver Stone ranch. A standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. With the ranch teetering ...
The Perfect Murder
Kat MartinJune 22, 2021$9.99"Kat Martin is a fast gun when it comes to storytelling, and I love her books." —Linda Lael Miller, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is bac...
The Midnight Library
Matt HaigSeptember 29, 2020$13.99The New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent ( London) Ten Best Books of the Yea...
The Secret of Love
Cynthia WrightDecember 26, 2016$0.99From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Wright comes a captivating full-length novel in the Rakes & Rebels series! A STOLEN HEART When Lady Isabella Trevarre first l...
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1
Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle & Simone BeckJanuary 2, 1980$2.99This is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—all 524 recipes. “Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction...
Noxx
Tasha BlackJanuary 7, 2021$0.99The Alien Adoption Agency is going to make all of Luna’s dreams come true. At least, that’s what Luna believes when she boards a rickety space craft headed for a frontier moon to meet th...
The Paris Apartment
Kelly BowenApril 20, 2021$5.99This heart-wrenching novel about family and war unearths generations of secrets and sacrifices—perfect for fans of The Paris Orphan and The Lost Girls of Paris . 2017, London : When Aureli...
A Year on Ladybug Farm
Donna BallMarch 3, 2009$1.99Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise... Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Cici, Lindsay, and Brid...
Blood Orange
Susan Wittig AlbertApril 5, 2016$1.99In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital... It’s mid-April in Pecan Springs, and Ch...
The President's Daughter
James Patterson & Bill ClintonJune 7, 2021$14.99All Presidents have nightmares. This one is about to come true. A rocket ride of a thriller—the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster by President Bill Clinton and Ja...
The Deep Blue Good-by
John D. MacDonald & Lee ChildAugust 12, 1982$1.99From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Deep Blue Good-by is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Travis McGee is...
Papa Hemingway
A. E. HotchnerApril 17, 2018$1.99An intimate, joy-filled portrait and New York Times bestseller, written by one of Hemingway’s closest friends: “It is hard to imagine a better biography” ( Life ). In 1948, A. E. Hotch...
Local Woman Missing
Mary KubicaMay 18, 2021$12.99"Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises." —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark In this smart and chilling thri...
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
Nathan HarrisJune 15, 2021$14.99AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad , “a miraculous debut” ( Washington Post ) and “a towering achievement of...
My Wicked Mates Collection: Books 1-3
Erzabet BishopJanuary 7, 2020$0.99This limited edition collection includes Books 1-3 of the My Wicked Mates shapeshifter paranormal romance series. In the shadows of the night, are intimate cravings worth the ultimate sacrif...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins ReidJune 13, 2017$13.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “If you ’ re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach r...
Ghost Of A Chance
Cynthia EdenJanuary 21, 2020$0.99How well do you know the lover in your bed? It was the hottest hookup of her life. When Tess Barrett spent the night in the arms of the too sexy to be real stranger, she knew she was w...
Girl, Alone (An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Blake PierceDecember 16, 2020$0.99One serial killer. Three copycat murders. One FBI agent with a photographic memory--and a race to save the next victim. "Girl, Alone is suspenseful, riveting, fast-paced, action-oriented, an...
The Maidens
Alex MichaelidesJune 15, 2021$14.99"Alex Michaelides’s long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible." —The New York Times "A deliciously dark, elegant, ut...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark MansonSeptember 13, 2016$12.99#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 1 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" ...
It Ends with Us
Colleen HooverAugust 2, 2016$11.99In this “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve finished it” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) from the #1 New ...
The Perfect Couple
Jackie KablerApril 17, 2020$0.99THE 2020 BESTSELLER! Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Shari Lapena and Lisa Jewell The perfect couple … or the perfect lie? A devoted wife… A year ago, Gemma met the love of her life,...
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins ReidJune 1, 2021$13.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today • From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . ...
That Summer
Jennifer WeinerMay 11, 2021$14.99INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Weiner, the undisputed boss of the beach read, is back with another stunner.” — The New York Times “ That Summer Is Your *IDEAL* Beach Read.” —...
Golden Girl
Elin HilderbrandJune 1, 2021$14.99In this satisfying page-turner from "the queen of beach reads" ( New York Magazine ), a Nantucket novelist has one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to ...
The Paris Spy
Susan Elia MacNealAugust 8, 2017$1.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World W...
Sooley
John GrishamApril 27, 2021$14.99NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams—...
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily HenryMay 11, 2021$9.99THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago...
How Much I Love
Marie ForceJune 22, 2021$4.99Wyatt My name is Wyatt Blake. I'm a cardiothoracic surgeon in Phoenix. When I was 17, I had a heart transplant that saved my life. That's not something I tell just anyone, because I hate bei...
All The Little Things
Sarah LawtonMarch 25, 2021$0.99Never trust anyone. Never trust yourself. Rachel has made poor decisions in the past, but she has always tried her best for her daughter. When Vivian needed a fresh start, Rachel didn...
Tom Clancy Target Acquired
Don BentleyJune 8, 2021$14.99Jack Ryan, Jr., will do anything for a friend, but this favor will be paid for in blood in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anyt...
The Summer House
Jenny HaleJune 9, 2017$0.99Some summers will stay with you forever... Callie Weaver and best friend Olivia Dixon have finally done it: put their life savings into the beach house they admired through childhood s...
Bridgerton Collection Volume 1
Julia QuinnMay 26, 2020$19.99An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscoun...
Project Hail Mary
Andy WeirMay 4, 2021$14.99NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” ( Entertainment Weekly ) new science-based thriller from the bestselling author...
The Girl You Left Behind
Jojo MoyesAugust 20, 2013$2.99From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars , a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London. Pa...
The Cellist
Daniel SilvaJuly 13, 2021$14.99From Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author, comes a timely and explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. Vikto...
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia OwensAugust 14, 2018$12.99#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON More than 6 million copies sold A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade "I can't eve...
The Glorious Guinness Girls
Emily HouricanMay 4, 2021$5.99From London to Ireland during the 1920s, this glorious, gripping, and richly textured story takes us to the heart of the remarkable real-life story of the Guinness Girls—perfect for fans o...