Austin Kleon

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I’m a writer who draws. I make art with words and books with pictures.

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Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a series of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, **Show Your Work! **, Keep Going, and Don’t Call It Art. He’s also the author of Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have sold over two million copies and have been translated into over 30 languages.

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