Scott magoon
Agent: Emily van Beek
Partner | YA, middle grade, and picture books
You can find more information on Scott’s website.
Scott Magoon is an award-winning author and New York Times bestselling illustrator of nearly 40 picture books, including Rescue & Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky & Patrick Downes, the Misunderstood Shark series by Ame Dyckman and the Spoon series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. He is also the author/illustrator of the Extincts series of graphic novels, Linus the Little Yellow Pencil, Breathe, The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot and the forthcoming There’s No Place Like Gnomes. With over two decades of experience, Scott's captivated young readers and their families with his digital art's warmth, humor, and heart.
A former children’s book designer at Candlewick Press and an art director at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scott brings a keen eye for detail to his work, crafting stories and drawings that delight and inspire. When he's not drawing or dreaming up new tales, you’ll find him running, adventuring with his family or in record shops, hunting for jazz vinyl. He lives in the Boston area where he often enjoys a bowl of clam chowder.
