PETE OSWALD is an artist, illustrator, and animator. He wrote and illustrated the album Mingo the Flamingo, as well as The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, two New York Times bestsellers. Pete lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and three children.PETE OSWALD is a fine-arts painter, animator, author, and illustrator. Jory John's New York Times bestseller books The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean were illustrated by him. He's also worked on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the Oscar-nominated ParaNorman as a character designer and concept artist.

Pete, his wife, and their three sons live in Los Angeles, California. Pete Oswald's website is peteoswald.com.