Steve Breen received his degree in political science from the University of California at Riverside. He became the editorial cartoonist for the Asbury Park Press and was later hired by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Steve is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and has also won the Berryman Award, the Thomas Nast Award, the Fischetti Award, and the National Headliner Award. His other books include Stick, Violet the Pilot, The Secret of Santa’s Island, and Pug & Doug.

In his free time, Steve enjoys running, reading, playing the guitar, and making waffles for his six kids. He and his family live in San Diego County, where there are, sadly, few woodpeckers.