Apr 8

Has anyone asked you lately “what are you going to DO with your life?” ACK, just typing that made me wanna throw up my hands and hide under the desk. Seriously, what would lead someone to ask such an insane question?! But no worries, there is a fool-proof answer:

“Dear Sir (or Madam), I am currently keeping my options open for future adventures.”

Sounds awesome, right? This answer covers everything from college, to travel, to becoming a ninja! And in case you want to learn more about those specific options and others, we’ve got BOOKS:

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Feb 2

So where can you find all that YAuthor information? RIGHT HERE because it’s YAuthor Stalking Tuesday! Learn about your favorite authors, have a chat with them and then share your YAuthor adventures. This week is comically twisted Chip Kidd! He is much more famous for being a Designer, and his books usually are not considered YA…but THE CHEESE MONKEYS IS A MUST-READ IF YOU PLAN ON GOING TO ART SCHOOL! or even just college in general! And one of my BFFs who is currently a Graphic Designer says that THE LEARNERS IS SPOT-ON IF YOU PLAN ON HAVING A CAREER IN DESIGN! Since you all are so crazy-creative, I figured at least some of you might be considering Art for school/career-y stuff and so that is why Chip Kidd is being YAuthor Stalked this week.

Chip KiddAuthor: Chip Kidd
Books: The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters, The Learners: A Novel, Chip Kidd: Book One, Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
Website: www.goodisdead.com
Blog: www.goodisdead.com/index.php?/journal/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chipkidd
Myspace: www.myspace.com/artbreakwonderground

Amber’s Chip Kidd Adventure:
I had been a big fan of Chip Kidd, both his design work and novels, for several years when the UI Center for the Book announced he would be the Mitchell Lecture for 2008. He gave one of the most fascinating presentations ever about his design process and the authors he works with, including showing slides of rejected designs for bestselling books by John Updike and David Sedaris. It is very sort of eerie seeing the past life of a book…

Proof that Chip Kidd is Magnificent:

Have you met Chip Kidd? Do you have a YAuthor Adventure to share? Email Amber and we might post it on a YAuthor Stalking Tuesday!