Carlyn Beccia is an author-illustrator known mostly for her humorous, accessible nonfiction, such as the multiple award winning Monstrous: (Lerner) which received a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, a Booklist Top of the List, a Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Book, a Booklist Top 10 Sci-Tech Books for Youth, and a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, among other recognitions. The book received starred reviews from both Kirkus and Booklist, who called it, “A fantastically researched, absolutely delectable approach to science education.”
Carlyn’s other nonfiction books including They Lost Their Heads!: Washington’s Teeth, Einstein’s Brain, and Other Famous Body Parts, 10 at 10, Raucous Royals, and Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo? have won numerous awards including the International Reading Association’s Children’s and Young Adult Book Award, Golden Kite Honor, and the Cybil Award. In their starred review, Publishers Weekly said of Raucous Royals “Her stylish mélange of witty illustrations…and interactive text demands reader participation.” Beccia is a well-known historian who recently contributed to the PBS documentary Secrets of Henry the VIII’s Palace. Carlyn teaches digital painting and is the author of the best-selling Digital Painting for the Complete Beginner. Carlyn’s popular articles on Medium about science and popular culture have amassed a following of over 136,000. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Carlyn is represented by Abigail Samoun.
