Jarrett Dapier

Jarrett Dapier is a writer for children and teens whose picture book, Mr. Watson’s Chickens, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi (Chronicle Books), received multiple starred reviews and was chosen by NPR and Bookpage as one of the best books of 2021. His other picture books include Jazz For Lunch!, illustrated by Eugenia Mello (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books) and The Most Haunted House in America, illustrated by Lee Gatlin, (forthcoming from Abrams Kids on August 2, 2022). His YA graphic novel, Wake Now in the Fire, about censorship in the Chicago Public Schools, is illustrated by AJ Dungo and will be published by Chronicle Books in 2023.

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