Jon Pearson

Jon Pearson is a writer, speaker, artist, and creative thinking teacher. As a kid, he wanted to be President of the United States. Now, he wants to create entire worlds and help others do the same. As an artist, writer, teacher, and speaker, he has helped more than one million people dive into the vastness of their own imaginations, to discover multi-verses within universes, and to say unsayable things in unforgettable ways. Secretly, Jon is still eight years old and believes that courage, caring, and creativity will save the world.

Teacher and ​Speaker   

Jon has been described as a “born” teacher. He loves taking people from where they are to where they never thought they could go. He approaches each student the same way he approaches a blank piece of paper—with a sense of infinite possibility. As a speaker, he has worked with more than a thousand schools and businesses and a million students around the world.  

Writer

​Jon’s work has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and a 2014 Million Writers Award and has been widely published. Jon writes now for the sheer love of it and for the same reason he played with his food as a kid—to make the world a better place. Reading one of Jon’s stories is like getting on a bus to go from Boise to Detroit, and by the time you get to Detroit, you’ve turned into a three-headed leprechaun wolf. ​

Artist

​​Jon was once a cartoonist for the Oakland Tribune. He has created several picture books he calls “bedtime storybooks for grownups.” They include: "The Adventures of Jeff and Dave" and "Carol and Tina Join the Circus" and “Imaginary Animals.” His most recent art is a happy explosion of colors, shapes, police cars, kangaroos, birthday cakes, astronaut goats, and flying dogs. It’s like childhood shot out of a canon. Staring at his work long enough, you’ll feel a magic hand unscrewing the top of your head to let all the balloons out.