Currently he is a professor of illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lives with a lovely German frau, Katrin, and his super genius daughter, Allister. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Jennings, Ken and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Mike is the illustrator of Moo Hoo and Ribbit Rabbit by Candace Ryan The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and the Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder novels by Jo Nesbø.

He travels the world in search of his fellow mapheads: antique map collectors, atlas publishers, geocachers, Geography Bee prodigies, systematic travelers, and roadgeeks. Mike Lowery is an illustrator and fine artist whose work has been seen in galleries and publications internationally. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is a love letter to the maps Ken was obsessed with as a child. Ken Jennings Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides) Paperback Februby Ken Jennings (Author), Mike Lowery (Illustrator) 159 ratings Part of: Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides (7 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Much as Brainiac offered a behind-the-scenes look. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea, but for the last fifteen years has lived in his native Seattle with his family and dogs. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is Kens followup to his 2005 best-seller Brainiac. In 2020, he was named Jeopardy!’s “Greatest of All Time” after winning a primetime tournament on ABC, and in 2022, succeeded Alex Trebek as a permanent host of the show. Ken Jennings was an anonymous Salt Lake City software engineer in 2004 when he unexpectedly became a TV celebrity after his record-breaking seventy-four-game, $2.5 million winning streak on the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! Today, he is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Brainiac, Maphead, and Because I Said So!, as well as the Junior Genius Guides for children.

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