Liz Garton Scanlon

Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of nearly twenty beloved picture books, including All the World, which received a Caldecott Honor and which School Library Journal called "perfection" in a starred review. Her other picture books include I Want a Boat! and Thank You, Garden, and The World's Best Class Plant. Liz is proud to serve on the faculty for the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. When she’s not writing or teaching, Liz is a frequent and popular presenter at schools, festivals, and conferences. She also travels, reads, practices yoga, and makes her way through the woods with her dog. She lives in Austin, Texas.