Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon

Kleon at the 2015 Texas Book Festival
Born (1983-06-16) June 16, 1983
Circleville, Ohio
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Website
austinkleon.com

Austin Kleon (born 16 June 1983[1]) is a New York Times bestselling author[2] of three books: Steal Like An Artist; Show Your Work!; and Newspaper Blackout.[3][4]

Kleon's works focus on creativity in today's world. He has spoken at organizations such as Pixar, Google, and TEDx.[5]

Biography

Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, United States, North America.[1]

Kleon has worked as a librarian, a web designer, and a copywriter, previous to being a published author.

Kleon's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and featured on major media.[6]

Kleon currently lives in Austin, Texas with his family.

References

  1. 1 2 Shelfari (2013). Austin Kleon. Retrieved on 2015-02-08 from http://www.shelfari.com/authors/a2563057/Austin-Kleon/.
  2. ↑ Copyright law and the art it inspired - Austin Kleon, The New York TImes, Retrieved 10 October 2012
  3. ↑ SXSW: Austin Kleon Asks 'Is SXSW Over?' During Keynote Address, Hollywood Reprter, Retrieved 7 March 2014
  4. ↑ Austin Kleon-Amazon
  5. ↑ Kleon, Austin (2013-09-06). "[SHORT] Mass Fetishization of Creativity". CreativeMornings/ATX, Talk by Austin Kleon, 6 September 2013. Retrieved on 2013-08-05 from http://creativemornings.com/talks/austin-kleon/1.
  6. ↑ SXSW Schedules: Talk by Austin Kleon, SXSW. Retrieved on 2014-03-07 from http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP995219.

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