Talk and Book Signing with Bestselling Author Grant Snider

Meet bestselling author Grant Snider at your Flagship HPB on Tuesday, November 10 at 6 p.m. Joined by author Jeramey Kraatz, they'll discuss Grant's latest book, The Year I Stopped Drawing: An Illustrated Novel-in-Verse, a powerful and inventive middle-grade illustrated novel-in-verse about overcoming perfectionism, discovering the power of art, and surviving seventh grade. Book signing to follow. Tickets include a copy of the book.

About The Year I Stopped Drawing

Adam has always been the kid who could draw. But this year, everything feels off.

His parents are fighting. A bully is picking on him. There's a new artist in school. His life is changing . . . faster than he can keep up.

As Adam's world turns upside down, he can feel his love of drawing slipping away. But who is Adam without art?

About Grant Snider

Grant is an orthodontist by day and an artist by night. He is the author of The Shape of Ideas and I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, along with several picture books for young readers. His comics have been featured in the Kansas City Star, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, as well as The Best American Comics 2013 anthology. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife and five children. Visit him online at incidentalcomics.com.

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