Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 60 children’s books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? and the Shapes series, all illustrated by Jon Klassen; Just Because illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; A Polar Bear in the Snow illustrated by Shawn Harris; John’s Turn illustrated by Kate Berube, as well as the Mac B., Kid Spy series and The First Cat in Space graphic novels. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and several international prizes. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac lives in Oakland, California. His website is macbarnett.com and his Instagram handle is @macbarnett.
Jon Klassen is the bestselling author and illustrator of The Rock from the Sky, The Skull, I Want My Hat Back, We Found a Hat, and This Is Not My Hat, which won the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal. He is also the illustrator of the Shapes series, Extra Yarn, which received a Caldecott Honor, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? all written by Mac Barnett. His Shapes series with Mac Barnett has been adapted into Shape Island, a stop-motion animated TV series on Apple TV+. Originally from Ontario, Canada, Jon worked as an illustrator for feature animated films and now lives in Los Angeles, USA. Find him online as @jonklassen on Instagram.
