Jon Scieszka’s books have sold more than 11 million copies. He is the author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio series, the Spaceheadz series, and most recently, Battle Bunny, coauthored by Mac Barnett.

In 2008, Scieszka was named the inaugural National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Scieszka lives in Brooklyn, New York.