Praise for Red Scare: A SLJ and NPR Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "Red Scare is a brilliant, fast-paced adventure. Action, history, and a tiny bit of fantasy collide in eye-popping panels, loaded with heart. Liam Francis Walsh's graphic novel is set in 1950's-era Cold War, but still feels resonant today." -- Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth series "With a wealth of period details and genre elements, this sci-fi caper set in the 1950s finds immediacy in the fears of the time, while dealing espionage action that flies off the page." -- School Library Journal, Best Books of 2022 "Magnificent noir shading and a smart critique of fear-mongering elevate the action and excitement of this historical dip into the possible." -- NPR Best Books of the Year "Red Scare recounts a harrowing chapter in our country's history when the fear of Communism, or the fear of being thought a Communist, caused a sort of mass insanity. Walsh's storytelling skills are superb and the drawings are even better." ---- Roz Chast, author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for a National Book Award. "History, adventure, and fantasy come together masterfully in this beautifully illustrated, imaginative story." -- Terri Libenson, New York Times bestselling author of the Emmie & Friends series "I love the drawings: Sometimes you turn the page and your jaw drops. The artwork builds this page-turner perfectly!" -- Jeff Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the BONE series "Red Scare is a blast: Retro action, thrills, and real heart!" -- Rob Harrell, author of Wink

Liam Francis Walsh is an award-winning cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. He was born in northern Wisconsin and grew up on a dairy farm with lots of siblings and books and a pet crow. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, and Reader's Digest, and he is the author of two pictures books, Make a Wish, Henry Bear and Fish. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and daughter.