Jonathon Scott Fuqua

Jonathon Scott Fuqua is the author of four multi-award-winning young adult novels, two highly acclaimed literary novels, In the Wake of the Boatman, Gone and Back Again , and the award-winning graphic novel In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe . He s penned and illustrated a children s book on the history of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For elementary students, he wrote the graphic chapter book Catie and Josephine . His most recent children s book, Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore ,...See more

Jonathon Scott Fuqua is the author of four multi-award-winning young adult novels, two highly acclaimed literary novels, In the Wake of the Boatman, Gone and Back Again , and the award-winning graphic novel In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe . He s penned and illustrated a children s book on the history of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For elementary students, he wrote the graphic chapter book Catie and Josephine . His most recent children s book, Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore , was the Library of Congress s National Book Festival Selection for Maryland as well as Maryland s Center for the Book s 2013 Selection for kids, and has been written into the Maryland State elementary school social studies curriculum. Born in Germany, Scott grew up and went to college in Virginia (College of William & Mary) before moving to Baltimore, where he lives with his wife and two children. He teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), including his new specialty, illustrated narratives. " See less