Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983Shelfari (2013). Austin Kleon. Retrieved from a May 7, 2013 archive of Kleon's Shelfari page. Retrieved on February 16, 2017.) is an American author.Examples of Austin Kleon's books appearing on The New York Times Best Seller list: Steal Like an Artist on the NYT Culture best seller list for April 12, 2015; Show Your Work! on the NYT Education best seller list for January 10, 2016. He has written five books: Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, Keep Going; Steal Like An Artist Journal, and Newspaper Blackout.Austin Kleon Asks 'Is SXSW Over?' During Keynote Address, Hollywood Reporter, Retrieved March 7, 2014.
Kleon's works focus on creativity. He has spoken at organizations such as Pixar, Google, and TEDx,Kleon, Austin (September 6, 2013). Mass Fetishization of Creativity. CreativeMornings/ATX, Talk by Austin Kleon, September 6, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-08-05.Austin Kleon: Steal Like An Artist, TEDxKC (TEDx Kansas City). Filmed in 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2017. and at conferences such as The Economist Human Potential Summit and SXSW.Austin Kleon Speaks on Combinatorial Creativity, The Atlantic, by Maria Popova, September 28, 2011. Retrieved on February 16, 2017.
Early life and education On June 16, 1983, Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, United States. His father was an associate professor at Ohio State University while his mother was a school counsellor and later a school principal. Kleon has two half brothers and a step sister. He graduated as a valedictorian in high school. Thereafter, he attended Miami University in Ohio.
Career Kleon started his career in a public library in Cleveland, Ohio. While working in a library, Kleon became a blogger and posted his poems. Kleon also taught library users how to use computers. Kleon taught himself HTML and CSS. In Austin, Texas, Kleon became a web designer for the law school at University of Texas. After Kleon's first book, Newspaper Blackout, was published in 2010, he became a copywriter for Spring box, a digital ad agency.
Kleon's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and featured on major media.Talk by Austin Kleon, SXSW. Retrieved on March 7, 2014. He publishes a weekly newsletter to about 300,000 subscribers.
Personal life and influences Kleon lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.
Returning inspirations to his blog are Lynda Barry and Rob Walker.
A notable interest of his lies in library tourism, often imploring his readers to seek out a library card and check out the wide-variety of free offerings available at local institutions.
Bibliography Newspaper Blackout (2010) Steal Like An Artist (2012) Show Your Work! (2014) The Steal Like An Artist Journal (2015) Keep Going (2019) Don't Call It Art (2026)
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Austin Kleon's official Facebook Austin Kleon's official Twitter Austin Kleon on NPR