Little is known about Edward Teachs life before he became known as the fearsome pirate Blackbeard. But during the Golden Age of Piracy, he ruled the seas along the coast of the North American colonies and beyond. Learn more about Blackbeards adventures and how he became one of the most infamous and feared pirate captains of all time in an accessible graphic novel filled with deception, plunder and more.
Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelors degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than one hundred books for young readers. Her book President Lincolns Killer and the America He Left Behind won a 2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Childrens Book Silver Award. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Andi Espinosa is a freelance illustrator from the heat-infested realm of Miami, Florida. Eternally inspired by quirky characters and pencil textures, they are often on a quest for merging some light, silliness, and wonder in dark, spindly, bug-eyed works. Quite fond of pencils, cartoons, and ugly things. Currently a Freelance Illustrator working on published children's books and book covers - and surviving off tacos on the side.
