Born in Flint Michigan n September 8, 1954. He has 5 other brothers in his family. Jon Culver Military Academy for high school.He later attended Albion College and then went to Columbia University later on. Applied to be a teacher at elementary school. He loved his job and taught first grade all the way up to eighth. He decided to write his first book. This book was rejected several times for being considered to dark at the time. For his first book he worked with Lane Smith, the book was called The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. He has written countless other books sense. His work has won many awards and he will continue to astonish children all over the world with his great work.
Lane Smith was born August 25, 1959 in Tulsa Oklahoma. He is more then just a author. Lane likes to do illustrations for his work as well. He has worked on many books throughout his life. Lane also works well with other authors. He has Worked with Jon Scieszka on The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales. He has won many awards throughout his years for his wonderful illustrations. Recently he won a Caldecott Honor for his book Grandpa Green. He has also helped work a conceptual designer when he did work with the movie James and the Giant Peach.