Scott Magoon

Scott Magoon is a native New Englander and his first drawing was a chicken. He spent his early years drawing scenes from his favorite movies and TV shows.

A former book designer at Candlewick Press, Scott currently works as the art director for Houghton Mifflin children’s books in Boston. In his career as an art director he’s designed books for Robert Sabuda, Steve Jenkins, Brian Lies, Bernie Waber, Barbara McClintock, D.B. Johnson to name but a few.

Scott’s an author and illustrator in his own right and can claim nearly one dozen books to his credit. His book illustration debut swam onto the scene with the publication of Ugly Fish in 2006 (by Kara LaReau, Harcourt) and he is also known for his collaboration with Amy Krouse Rosenthal on her books Spoon and Chopsticks. Recently, copies of his book with author Tammi Sauer Mostly Monsterly (Simon & Schuster) was packaged into 1 million boxes of Cheerios as part of a General Mills literacy program. 2012 will see the publication of his illustrations for Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen (Candlewick) and next Spring a new book he wrote and illustrated for Simon & Schuster called The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot will lumber out onto shelves.

Scott thinks the best books for children take the ordinary, make it extraordinary and let them know “it’s all going to be ok. Now go to bed.”
http://www.scottmagoon.com/

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George Restrepo

George Restrepo is a Boston-based art director and graphic designer. His work covers publication design, identity / branding, and entertainment packaging and promotions. He previously was an art director for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and the Improper Bostonian before moving on to a full-time freelance career.

His clients include Beacon Press, Boston Review (where he acts as a creative consultant), Boston College, Cambridge University Press, Cengage Learning, DaCapo Press, The Dorchester House, Wellesley College, WW Norton, and Zaftigs Delicatessen. He has taught at Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Simmons College.

George is active within the Boston design community and serves on the Board of Directors of the AIGA Boston chapter. He holds a BFA in graphic design from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. http://rest-design.com/

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Ann Stott

Ann Stott is an Art Director at Candlewick Press. She has designed many award-winning children’s books including; the Caldecott Honor book, Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein and The New York Times Best Seller, I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, as well as the Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald.

Ann has had the privilege of collaborating with many acclaimed children’s book illustrators including, Vladimir Radunsky, Henrik Drescher, Peter Reynolds, Kevin Hawkes, Barry Moser, David McPhail, Will Hillenbrand, and Rosemary Wells. Prior to working in publishing, Ann was a designer and art director in the advertising and the consumer product industry.

She graduated from UMass, Dartmouth and received her Masters Degree from Lesley University. Ann is also a children’s book author; two of her picture books, Always, (Candlewick Press, 2008) and I’ll Be There, (Candlewick Press 2011) were illustrated by Matt Phelan. Her latest picture book will be published by Candlewick Press in 2014. Ann lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.

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Rob Dubé

Rob Dubé is a Senior Art Director at Hasbro, where he leads a team of Art Directors, Graphic Designers and freelance designers tasked with developing visual brand executions for Hasbro Games. Prior to Hasbro Games, he has led teams working on such brands as G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Nerf, Mighty Muggs, and Beyblade. Rob also maintains a freelance career where his clients have included Macromedia, Brooktrout Technologies, and FNX Radio.

Rob spent 2 years studying Marketing before receiving a B.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Graphic Design from Rhode Island College. He has been an art director at Hasbro for 9 years.