Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983[1]) is a New York Times bestselling author[2] of five books: Steal Like an Artist; Show Your Work!

He has spoken at organizations such as Pixar, Google, and TEDx,[6][7] and at conferences such as The Economist's Human Potential Summit and SXSW.

[8] On June 16, 1983, Kleon was born in Circleville, Ohio, United States.

[10] After Kleon's first book, Newspaper Blackout, was published in 2010, he became a copywriter for Spring box, a digital ad agency.

[10] Kleon's work has been translated into over a dozen languages and featured on major media.