Written by James Buckley Jr.
Shoreline Publishing Group president James Buckley Jr. is also the author of more than 150 nonfiction books for young readers. Here are just a few of his recent titles. He’d be happy to hear from publishers who would like him to write for them!
Show Me History!
Portable Press 2019
Amelia Earhart and Martin Luther King Jr.These innovative graphic nonfiction books for ages 8 and up are already getting rave reviews, with five more planned in the series in 2020.
Alexander Hamilton: DK Life Stories
DK Publishing, 2019
Part of a new illustrated series from one of the world’s leading children’s publishers, this book tells the amazing (non-musical) story of one of America’s most important Founding Fathers.
Aladdin Books, 2018
Not every book can be about a hero! Buckley wrote this bio of America’s famous crime couple, along with another vollume in the series about Adolf Hitler, for a division of Simon & Schuster.
Who Was . . . ? (Series)
Penguin Workshop, 2014–present
Buckley has written 12 titles in this New York Times’ bestselling biography series. His Who Was books have sold nearly 1 million copies so far. His subjects have included Milton Hershey, Pelé, Blackbeard, Roberto Clemente, Seabiscuit, Jesse Owens, Betsy Ross, Ernest Shackleton, and Jules Verne, among others.