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Philip Nel

I write books about children's books and comics.

Books include Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume Two: 1944-1945 (co-edited with Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics, 2014), Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume One: 1942-1943 (co-edited with Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics, 2013), Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (UP Mississippi, 2012), Keywords for Children's Literature (co-edited with Lissa Paul, NYU Press, 2011), Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature (co-edited with Julia Mickenberg, NYU Press, 2008), The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats (Random House, 2007), Dr. Seuss: American Icon (Continuum, 2004), The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity: Small Incisive Shocks (UP Mississippi, 2002), and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (Continuum, 2001). Forthcoming: Barnaby Volumes 3-5 (co-edited with Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics, 2015-2017).

As of July 2011, I've been editor of Routledge's Children's Literature and Culture series, succeeding its founding editor Jack Zipes.