Shawn K. Stout is the author of many acclaimed books for young readers, including ANATOMY OF LOST THINGS and THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE, which was a 2023 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year and a 2023-2024 nominee for the New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award. Shawn has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives with her family in Maryland. www.shawnkstout.com

Awards

MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL BINTY — starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist; THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE — 2023 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year and a 2023-2024 nominee for the New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award.

3 Fun Facts

1. I have a menagerie of animals — 3 rescue dogs and 5 uppity chickens;
2. I have never been able to do a backward roll;
3. And I am distantly related (allegedly) to Maria von Trapp.