We are thrilled to be celebrating something positive in 2020 in welcoming Chad W. Beckerman to the CAT Agency family! Chad joins us after being the Creative Director at ABRAMS Kids and Comic Arts, where he spent 13 years overseeing the design of 250 books a year - from picture books, to novels, to graphic novels, and art and entertainment books. Chad is behind the aesthetic for over forty New York Times bestselling and award-winning books including the blockbuster Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney, the Caldecott honor and Corretta Scott King Award winning Trombone Story, illustrated by Brian Collier, and the Newbury Medal honor books El Deafo, and Heart of the Samurai.
He executed the design architecture for countless series including Origami Yoda by Tom Angelberger, The Questioneers (Iggy Peck, Rosie Revere, Ada Twist) by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, Frank Einstein by Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs, The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John, and Jared Chapman’s Vegetables in Underwear.
We are excited to be expanding the agency, and look forward to the achievements of the talented artists that Chad will curate and cultivate under his guidance. His dedicated approach to supporting illustrators and creators speaks directly to the culture of the agency, and we feel very fortunate to be a part of his next chapter as an agent!
Chad will be building his own stable of illustrators and author/illustrators whom he will exclusively represent, and is kicking off with the six uniquely talented artists below. In addition to representing children’s illustrators, Chad offers packaging of picture books, graphic novels and middle-grade series books through his design studio CWB Art & Design www.chadwbeckerman.com.
To see more of their wonderful work, click on the names of his illustrators below and please join us in welcoming Chad to The CAT Agency!
