Ryan T. Higgins

Ryan T. Higgins is an American author and illustrator of children's books.

He is best known for his Mother Bruce and Penelope Rex series, both of which have had a book on The New York Times Best Seller List[1][2] and have won the E. B.

[7] Higgins was greatly inspired by Calvin and Hobbes comics when he was younger and initially wanted to become a comic writer; however, after seeing Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

[6] He was inspired to write We Don't Eat Our Classmates when his son was preparing for kindergarten.

[1] We Don't Eat Our Classmates was a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller.