Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is an author and illustrator who likes the outdoors and cheese sandwiches. He is NOT a grumpy old black bear, but he DOES like making books about one--starting with the
New York Times best-selling
Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. Ryan is also the author of the #1
New York Times best-selling
We Don't Eat Our Classmates. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids . . . and a menagerie of pets.