Shawn K. Stout is the author of several acclaimed books for young readers, including ANATOMY OF LOST THINGS and THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE, which was a 2023 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year and a 2023-2024 nominee for the New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award. Her newest book, MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL BINTY, has received multiple starred reviews and is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Shawn has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives with her family in Maryland.