Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983Shelfari (2013). Austin Kleon. Retrieved from
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Retrieved on February 16, 2017.) is an American author of five books: '' Steal Like an Artist''; ''Show Your Work!''; ''Keep Going; Steal Like An Artist Journal;'' and ''Newspaper Blackout''. Kleon's works focus on creativity in today's world. He has spoken at organizations such as

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, Google, and

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, and at conferences such as ''The Economist'' Human Potential Summit and

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.Austin Kleon Speaks on Combinatorial Creativity
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Early life and education

On June 16, 1983, Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, United States. His father was an associate professor at Ohio State University while his mother was a school counsellor and later a school principal. Kleon has two half brothers and a step sister. He graduated as a valedictorian in high school. Thereafter, he attended Miami University in Ohio.

Career

Kleon started his career in a public library in Cleveland, Ohio. While working in a library, Kleon became a blogger and posted his poems. Kleon also taught library users how to use computers. Kleon taught himself HTML and CSS. In Austin, Texas, Kleon became a web designer for the law school at University of Texas. After Kleon's first book, ''Newspaper Blackout'', was published in 2010, he became a copywriter for Spring box, a digital ad agency. Kleon's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and featured on major media.Talk by Austin Kleon
SXSW. Retrieved on March 7, 2014. He publishes a weekly newsletter to 195.000 subscribers.

Personal life and Influences

Kleon lives in

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, with his family. Returning inspirations to his blog are

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and Rob Walker. A notable interest of his lies in library tourism, often imploring his readers to seek out a library card and check out the wide-variety of free offerings available at local institutions.

Bibliography

* ''Newspaper Blackout'' (2010) * ''Steal Like An Artist'' (2012) * ''Show Your Work!'' (2014) * ''The Steal Like An Artist Journal'' (2015) * ''Keep Going'' (2019)

References

External links

Austin Kleon's official Facebook

Austin Kleon's official Twitter

Austin Kleon on NPR
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