“Sean always lifts the mood.”
~ Naomi Shihab Nye, U.S. Young People’s Poet Laureate
Sean Petrie is an award-winning poet and author. As a founder of Typewriter Rodeo he’s written more than 20,000 poems for people all across the country.
“Thank you Sean for the beautiful poem. You have a tremendous gift.”
~ Dr. Shanetia Clark, IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)
His kids books include Pet Poems (Burlwood; IPPY Award) and its Pet Poems Plus companion workbook (Burlwood; Moonbeam Children’s Award), the Jett Ryder 4-book series (JollyFish), and numerous educational books for Fountas & Pinnell.
His adult books include Cracked & Broken (Burlwood), Listen to the Trees (Documentary Media; IPPY Award), and Typewriter Rodeo (Andrews McMeel).
Sean has an MFA in Writing for Kids from Vermont College, a law degree from Stanford, and a Plan II degree from the University of Texas (where he co-founded the Camp Texas program). He teaches creative writing workshops and is a legal writing professor at the University of Texas Law School.
You can hear Sean’s weekly radio poems on Austin NPR, and his work has appeared in The Texas Observer, Dallas Morning News and other outlets. He owns a metric ton of typewriters.
