Matt Phelan will be at Springfield Literacy Center on November 19, 2024 for a special personal appearance
Please order your books by November 8, 2024 so they will be available at the Event!
About Matt Phelan
Matt Phelan is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator of picture books, middle grade novels, and graphic novels for young readers.
Matt has received the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction (The Storm in the Barn), the Carolyn Field Award (Around the World and Snow White), the Jefferson Cup (Bluffton), and has been nominated for five Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including best writer/artist and best new graphic album for Bluffton. In 2014, Matt was awarded the Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children’s Literature Citation.
In addition to his own books, Matt has illustrated many books by renowned authors, including Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall, Marilyn’s Monster by Michelle Knudsen, Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park, and The Higher Power of Lucky (winner of a Newbery Medal) by Susan Patron.