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Matthew Burgess, author portrait
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Matthew Burgess

Matthew Burgess is a poet, educator, and the author of many picture books including Words With Wings and Magic Things, As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts, Bird Boy, and The Bear and The Moon. His books have garnered starred reviews, a Eureka! Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and spots on best-of lists from the New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and Amazon. A associate professor of literature and creative writing at Brooklyn College, Matthew has been a poet-in-residence in New York City public schools and currently serves as senior editor of Teachers & Writers Magazine.
Serafina Makes Waves
Words with Wings and Magic Things
As Edward Imagined
Bird Boy (An Inclusive Children's Book)
The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon

Books

Serafina Makes Waves
Words with Wings and Magic Things
As Edward Imagined
Bird Boy (An Inclusive Children's Book)
The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon

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