NeonSeon

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NeonSeon is the pen name of American writer and illustrator Seon Ricks. Born December 6, 1974, in Hyde Park, Chicago, she created the comic strip Shouty Mack for her high school newspaper, The Weekly, at Francis W. Parker School. She later developed Shouty into the book series Life of Shouty. The first book, Life of Shouty: Good Habits, was published in May 2010 under NeonSeon and was selected for inclusion in the Midwest Book Review's Children's Bookwatch. The second book, Life of Shouty: Food Fitness, followed in October 2011. Ricks earned an MA in Humanities and Social Thought from NYU's John W. Draper Program.