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Matt Faulkner

Matt Faulkner

Matt Faulkner is a talented and clever picture-book maker whose dazzling ink and watercolor illustrations have graced dozens of well-loved picture books. On his inspiration for A Taste of Colored Water, he says, "When I was a boy it would've surprised me to learn that the word COLORED hung over a water fountain didn't mean that this was a magical place where fruit-flavored water flowed on demand." This story has grown out of his lifelong exploration of race and societal intolerance and the questions these institutions raise. His more recent work features several titles that focus on United States history, including Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson and You're... Read full bio

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A Taste of Colored Water has won an award
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Independent Dames will be released on November 01, 2011 in eBook
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Independent Dames is now available in eBook
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Thank You, Sarah is now available in eBook
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Thank You, Sarah will be released on September 20, 2011 in eBook
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Thank You, Sarah has won an award
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Independent Dames has won an award
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Independent Dames will be released on June 03, 2008 in Hardcover
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Individual.com, March 4, 2013
...Energy consulting firm, BidURenergy, Inc. (BUE), is delighted to announce that one of its employees - Matt Faulkner - is the focus of a film and a book to be released later this month. Both are moving accounts of Faulkner's remarkable recovery from a...
Examiner.com, January 15, 2013
...The University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts will host the first screening of the documentary “Recovery,” and the release of the book “Most Likely to Survive,” from 6:30 to 9:3...
WKBW News 7, January 15, 2013
...refreshments will be served, and a $5 goodwill donation per person is requested. For more information, please follow “Matt Faulkner’s ‘Recovery’ documentary and ‘Most Likely to Survive’ book” page on...
The Hamburg Sun, January 16, 2013
...refreshments will be served, and a $5 goodwill donation per person is requested. For more information, please follow “Matt Faulkner’s ‘Recovery’ documentary and ‘Most Likely to Survive’ book” page on...
Springville Journal, January 16, 2013
...refreshments will be served, and a $5 goodwill donation per person is requested. For more information, please follow “Matt Faulkner’s ‘Recovery’ documentary and ‘Most Likely to Survive’ book” page on...
Examiner.com, January 15, 2013
...The University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts will host the first screening of the documentary “Recovery,” and the release of the book “Most Likely to Survive,” from 6:30 to 9:3...
WKBW News 7, January 15, 2013
...refreshments will be served, and a $5 goodwill donation per person is requested. For more information, please follow “Matt Faulkner’s ‘Recovery’ documentary and ‘Most Likely to Survive’ book” page on...
NWTNToday.com, January 1, 2013
...and Girls of the American Revolution.” It was researched and written by Laurie Halse Anderson and illustrated by Matt Faulkner. The book is entertaining, informative and pays long overdue homage to those independent women who played important roles in...
Brighton & Hove Argus, December 31, 2012
...it had to be disposed of in a hazardous waste site. He has now recruited his best friend Matt Faulkner, 31, of Hastings, to help out. He said: “We would like to get in with the police, and have spoken to police procurement, or get the contract...
NBC Sports, December 16, 2012
...to create a classic viral video. The folks over at the Chive produced this hilarious video starring editor Matt Faulkner about him imagining what it would be like to be Michelle Jenneke’s boyfriend and there was some serious bouncing going on...