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Brian Selznick


Born
in East Brunswick, New Jersey, The United States
July 14, 1966

Website

Genre
Children's Books, Arts & Photography


Hello there. My name is Brian Selznick and I’m the author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I was born in 1966 in New Jersey. I have a sister who is a teacher, a brother who is a brain surgeon, and five nephews and one niece. I studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and after I graduated from college I worked at Eeyore’s Books for Children in New York City. I learned all about children’s books from my boss Steve Geck who is now an editor of children’s books at Greenwillow. While I was at Eeyore’s I also painted the windows for holidays and book events.

My first book, The Houdini Box, which I both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1991 while I was still working at the bookstore. Since then, I have illustrated many ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 496,122 ratings · 44,022 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
4.22 avg rating — 191,543 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Wonderstruck
4.17 avg rating — 60,219 ratings — published 2011 — 34 editions
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The Marvels
3.99 avg rating — 21,162 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions
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Big Tree
4.05 avg rating — 4,105 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions
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Baby Monkey, Private Eye
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3.96 avg rating — 3,885 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions
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Kaleidoscope
3.70 avg rating — 3,259 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions
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The Houdini Box
3.90 avg rating — 2,075 ratings — published 1991 — 20 editions
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Run Away with Me
4.04 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions
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The Boy of a Thousand Faces
3.81 avg rating — 943 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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The Hugo Movie Companion: A...
4.23 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
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“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
tags: dreamers, magic, mermaids, travel, wizard
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“Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.”
― Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck
tags: libraries
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It's our coming-in-second poll!

The books included in this poll lost by a few votes. It's time to give them another look.

What book should we read in November?

As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2024 Newbery contender and already published.

 
  18 votes 16.7%

 
  15 votes 13.9%

 
  12 votes 11.1%

Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera (write-in)
 
  11 votes 10.2%

 
  10 votes 9.3%

 
  10 votes 9.3%

 
  7 votes 6.5%

 
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  6 votes 5.6%

 
  4 votes 3.7%

The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukranian Famine bu Katherine Marsh (write-in)
 
  3 votes 2.8%

Salsa Magic by Letisha Marrero (write-in)
 
  2 votes 1.9%

The Song of the Swan (write-in)
 
  1 vote 0.9%

witch of woodland (write-in)
 
  1 vote 0.9%

greatest kid in world (write-in)
 
  1 vote 0.9%

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