Email • Mailing address • A note for students
Due to the overwhelming number of emails I receive, I can barely even read them all, let alone get back to everybody. Forgive me in advance:
As you might expect, I’m pretty quick when it comes to responding to emails with good news or money.
The best way to stay in touch with me is to become a newsletter subscriber.
Mailing address
The address below is always up-to-date. There is no top-secret special address that I will divulge if you email me. Somebody checks the box every week:
Austin Kleon
1101 West 34th Street
Box #102
Austin, TX 78705
No need to ask permission to send me things! I don’t know if I’ll be interested in your thing until I see it.
I love getting books and other goodies in the mail, but please note I’m not a book reviewer or creative writing professor. I only read and share things that genuinely interest me.
I hate blurbs and think they should be outlawed.
Please don’t send me unpublished manuscripts or anything that needs to be returned. If you’re worried about whether I will receive something, please use a tracking number.
If you’re dying to hear back from me, you can increase the likelihood I’ll write back by including a self-addressed and stamped envelope.
Students: Pretend I’m dead!
I have a strict “Pretend I’m dead!” policy when it comes to student projects.
You will learn a lot more by pretending I’m dead and studying my work itself and all the stuff I’ve already said about it — reading my books, my blog, and my newsletter, watching interviews and listening to podcasts where I’ve been a guest, etc. — than from sending me a list of questions to answer over email.
Pretending I’m dead means you have to learn to research, think with your own brain, use your imagination, and come up with your own answers. (Please feel free to share this policy with your teacher!!!)
A good place to start your research is my about page — there’s a ton of information there.
If you’re looking for advice, all the advice I have to give about getting started and getting your work out there is in my books. (Here’s some advice for graduates.)
You can read my most recent writing in my newsletter.