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.