Bio -
I grew up in small-town, liberal Vermont, a nerdy kid who drew all the time. I did well in school, read a lot, and was fascinated by martial arts. I did illustrations and comics for my high school newspaper, co-edited and illustrated the literary magazine, and painted a mural on the wall of one of the school hallways. I toyed briefly with being an engineer, but then decided to do the sensible thing and went to art school. I graduated from Parsons School of Design, lucked into a job making computer games, and managed to draw a couple of graphic novels in my spare time. Now I live in Boston and still draw all the time. The full arc of my professional career is described in my resume.

Big news generally goes here, but lots more news can be found on my blog.

1.25.10
Upcoming events: MassArt graphic novel event Feb. 6th via the Boston Graphic Artists Guild

1.20.10
Interview in School Library Journal

11.5.09
Interview in the Boston Globe West

10.5.09
The Odyssey is done and delivered (but won't be out until this time next year).

5.27.09
Nearly done with The Odyssey! King Lear to be reissued by Candlewick Press in October. I'll be presenting at Simmons Institute on July 24th.

3.18.09
Work proceeds apace on The Odyssey. I'll be presenting at SCBWI April 24th and 26th.

6.10.08
Merchant of Venice in stores now. Launch party on 6/21!

4.05.08
Merchant gets a starred review from Kirkus.

3.15.08
King Lear in Booklist’s top 10!

1.30.08
King Lear gets a starred review from Booklist!

1.27.08
My new blog is officially open for business.

11.20.07
My appearance at the NCTE Annual Convention was a huge success. Thanks to all the brave English teachers who attended! photo

10.27.07
The King Lear launch party was a big success! Photos 1 2.

10.11.07
King Lear now available.

10.1.07
Brand spankin' new website.

6.17.07
Beowulf reviewed in the New York Times Book Review!

6.3.07
Photos from my BEA signing: 1 2 3