Meghan McCarthy

Website: www.meghan-mccarthy.com

Email: meghan@meghan-mccarthy.com

Meghan McCarthy is a children's book writer and illustrator. Her books include: GEORGE UPSIDE DOWN - Viking - March 2003; SHOW DOG - Viking - January 2004 (IRA-CBC Children’s Choice 2005); THE ADVENTURES OF PATTY AND THE BIG RED BUS - Knopf - March 2005 (Chosen for the 2005 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show); ALIENS ARE COMING! THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE 1938 WAR OF THE WORLDS RADIO BROADCAST - Knopf - February 2006 (Kirkus - starred review); and STEAL BACK THE MONA LISA! - Harcourt - October 2006.

Publishers Weekly said "McCarthy's humor is right on
target for mischievous younger readers." Her work has
also been called "bold," "whimsical," "wacky," and
"terribly amusing." Her nonfiction has been called
"light hearted but well researched" and "action
packed."