Stephen Shaskan has written and illustrated a dozen children's books. His debut picture book, A Dog Is a Dog, was a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection and was a CCBC Choices Book.

He holds a BFA in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, and worked with kids for twenty years as an early childhood educator and an after-school and summer art teacher.

He performs musical storytimes, presents at schools, conferences, and festivals, and teaches comic classes to kids. Stephen lives with - and often collaborates with - his wife, Trisha Speed Shaskan, in Minneapolis.