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Matt Faulkner

Goodreads author profile

born

September 19, 1961 in Winchester, Ma., The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.mattfaulkner.com

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Children's Books, Arts & Photography

influences

Mad Magazine, Patrick O'Brian, "The Alchemist", Bugs, Yosemite Sam etc

member since

September 2008

About this author

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Award winning children’s book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner grew up in a small town just outside of Boston, Ma. Upon graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1983, Matt took a job setting typography in NYC at an ad agency. Boy, was that the wrong job for Matt! Just as the studio manager was about to let him go, the owner of the agency saw the drawings Matt had done on his work table during lunch and hired him to draw storyboards for t.v. commercials! He got his own office and a pay raise! Woohoo!
Not long after, Matt created his first author/illustrated picture book- “The Amazing Voyage of Jackie Grace” with Scholastic. Since then he has created over 30 books for children. He delights in illuminating both historic stories...more

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Books by Matt Faulkner

Average rating: 3.97 · 491 ratings · 148 reviews · 23 distinct works

	A Taste of Colored Water 4.11 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Pirate Meets the Queen 3.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Jack and the Beanstalk 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Black Belt 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Amazing Voyage Of Jackie Grace 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Moon Clock 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	The Twelve Wild Geese 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	Sir Silver Swine 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	My rating:
	My First Book of Bedtime Prayers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author), Matt Faulkner (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:

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A Taste of Colored Water (Children's Books)

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Description: release Jan. 2008 from Simon and Schuster

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Matt Faulkner is now friends with Chris Mattheisen
Dec 05, 2011 05:46am
Matt Faulkner gave to: Contemporary American Women by Carol Smallwood	My rating:
A wonderful compilation of authentic narratives! Truly inspiring material!
Apr 27, 2010 03:55pm · see review
Matt Faulkner added: Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan read in January, 2006	My rating:
O ya Baby- The Hero's Path. Moving toward a life lived in the moment. Some folks claim this is fiction, and therefor meaningless. I believe they're missing the point. Such wonderful lessons in this tale.
Dec 18, 2008 10:17pm · see review
Matt Faulkner gave to: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin	My rating:
Lots of Lincoln facts and 18th century ideals. That period and the folks that rode that wave are fascinating to me. Pretty funky facial hair too.
Dec 18, 2008 10:11pm · see review
Matt Faulkner gave to: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Way cool. Way.
Oct 10, 2008 08:42am · see review
Matt Faulkner wrote A Taste of Colored Water: Afterword " What Color Do You Have To Be? By Matt Faulkner, author and Illustrator of “A Taste of Colored Water”" …more
Oct 08, 2008 02:35pm · like 2 likes