Featured Author Megan Woodward
As a child, Megan lived and traveled all over the world, but always felt at home with her head in a book. She also loved movies, especially old black and white talky ones (she was a strange child). Combining her love of the written word with her love of film, she got an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, and worked as a comedy screenwriter for over 10 years. After becoming a mom, she rediscovered her long-lost love of children’s books, and has since never looked back (except when reversing a car.)
Megan loves all things funny, from puns to satire, from sarcasm to slapstick. Thus, all of her writing, whether for actual kids or grown-up kids, is intended to be humorous. (If you don't laugh at her books, don't tell her. She'll cry.)
When she’s not busy writing or procrastinating from writing, she can be found cooking, dancing, laughing, singing, reading, or all five at once, which is a great way to either embarrass her kid or almost burn the house down. She lives in Portland, OR, where it rains entirely too much but never on her parade.
She is the author of THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster, 2024) and HILARIOUS DANCE, CHEER, AND GYMNASTICS JOKES AND PUNS (Capstone, 2024). Her upcoming children's picture book, NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTTS (Albert Whitman & Co.) comes out October 2026.
Text is from Megan Woodward's web page.
By John Repplinger
June 1st, 2026
Megan loves all things funny, from puns to satire, from sarcasm to slapstick. Thus, all of her writing, whether for actual kids or grown-up kids, is intended to be humorous. (If you don't laugh at her books, don't tell her. She'll cry.)
When she’s not busy writing or procrastinating from writing, she can be found cooking, dancing, laughing, singing, reading, or all five at once, which is a great way to either embarrass her kid or almost burn the house down. She lives in Portland, OR, where it rains entirely too much but never on her parade.
She is the author of THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster, 2024) and HILARIOUS DANCE, CHEER, AND GYMNASTICS JOKES AND PUNS (Capstone, 2024). Her upcoming children's picture book, NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTTS (Albert Whitman & Co.) comes out October 2026.
Text is from Megan Woodward's web page.
By John Repplinger
June 1st, 2026
