Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! His work has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He also speaks frequently about creativity in the digital age for such organizations as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. He lives in Austin, Texas, and online at austinkleon.com.
"Austin Kleon is one of the brightest new minds on the creative
landscape. Show Your Work! demonstrates why. With simple yet
profound insights, and an array of his amazing images, he casts
aside old stereotypes of the creative life and tells what it's
really like." - Daniel Pink, author of To Sell is Human and
Drive
"[Show Your Work is] timeless; readers can return to it
repeatedly throughout life and still glean useful ideas and tips...
Anyone starting out (or starting over)...will find upbeat
encouragement here."
-Library Journal
"Some people are natural self-promoters. For others, it's painfully
difficult to put their work out there. In this creatively designed
pocket-sized book, Kleon offers the latter group effective
strategies that allow them to share their work without leaving
their comfort zone.... Kleon's advice is sassy and spot-on."
-Publishers Weekly
"[The] subtitle could just as easily be, 'How to Self-promote
Without Being a Jerkface.' It's an incredibly useful and
compulsively readable short book."
-Fast Company
"Kleon addresses with equal parts humility, honesty, and humor one
of the quintessential questions of the creative life: How do you
get 'discovered'? In some ways, the book is the mirror-image of
Kleon's debut - rather than encouraging you to 'steal' from
others... it offers a blueprint to making your work influential
enough to be theft-worthy."
-Brain Pickings
"A must-read for anyone involved in the creative process."
-LibraryReads
"Kleon's powerful advice makes this small-format book not-at-all
little."
-Booklist
"In this motivating book, packed with smart approaches, ideas and
quotes, Kleon teaches you how best to navigate through creative
work in the present day. . . . A certain and deserved
bestseller."
-The Bookseller
"It's not often that I find myself reviewing a book that I
can say has already changed my life. . . . At a crucial turn in
this fabulous little wallop of a book comes the simple directive,
'Share something small every day.' That 'something' oughtn't be
your Instagrammed latte or a selfie, but something 'useful or
interesting' about your work. Put enough somethings out there, and
a lone artist or entrepreneur can soon be a productive part of a
creative community."
-BookPage
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