Austin Kleon is a writer, cartoonist and, in former lives, a librarian, web designer, and advertising copywriter. Austin's newspaper blackout poems--created by using a black marker to hide unnecessary words--have been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition,the PBS Newshour,  in The Wall Street Journal, and all over the web. He is a New York Times bestselling author of three books which have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born and raised in Ohio, Austin now lives and works in Austin, Texas, with his wife and sons. Learn more about him at www.austinkleon.com.