Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey enters the children’s book arena with his first picture book, Just Because, to be published by Viking Children’s Books this fall.
Illustrated by Renée Kurilla, Just Because offers life lessons about how the world’s contradictions can shape who we are and help us celebrate the person we’ll become.
“I wrote Just Because for your kids, for my kids, and for the kid in all of us,” McConaughey said in a statement. “We’re all as young as we’re ever gonna be, so let’s just keep learning.”
Just Because is McConaughey’s second literary endeavor, following his bestselling memoir Greenlight. Matthew Elblonk at DeFiore and Company sold North American rights to Just Because; Jen Rofé at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the illustrator. The audiobook, which McConaughey narrates, will be released by Listening Library. The book is slated for release on September 12, 2023.
