

For 11 years, Grant rode Bus Number Four in Mulvane, Kansas. His latest, One Boy Watching, about a young boys experience riding the bus to school, was published in June 2022. His books include picture books for children, comic collections for adults/young adults ( The Art of Living: Reflections on Mindfulness and the Overexamination of Life, April, 2022), and often focus on mindfulness. His work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Kansas City Star, The Best American Comics 2013, and all across the internet.

Above all, Snider's cartoons will inspire and encourage a more thoughtful way of experiencing the world.Grant Snider began drawing and writing before he knew what he was doing. With a striking package, The Art of Living is an extension of the themes of Snider’s first two books-which explored the creative process and the love of reading-and is the perfect gift for those in a need of reflection, commiseration, hope, and a little extra self-care. With both humor and a touch of reality, The Art of Living centers on mindfulness, but also empathy, relaxation, gratitude, and awareness-evergreen subjects that are more important and relevant now than ever. In The Art of Living, cartoonist Grant Snider, author of The Shape of Ideas and I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, has created an all-new collection of one- and two-page comics that map his inner thoughts, poetic observations, and frequent failures at living mindfully. “Find a quiet spot away from all distraction / Listen to your breath / Watch your thoughts float past you / Forget the obligations of today / Try not to consider your eventual decay / Let yourself drift away / Arise, connected with the Earth / Awakened to the Universe.” A humorous, uplifting look at mindfulness, from beloved illustrator Grant Snider
