Mac Barnett is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children and the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Barnett’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages and sold more than five million copies worldwide. His books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He lives in Oakland, California.