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, 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 a dozen languages. Born and raised in Ohio, Austin now lives and works in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Meghan, their son, Owen, and their dog, Milo. You can see more of his work online at www.austinkleon.com.