Dav Pilkey

Dav Pilkey

Pilkey at the 2014 National Book Festival
Born David Murray Pilkey, Jr.[1]
(1966-03-04) March 4, 1966
Cleveland, Ohio
Pen name George Beard and Harold Hutchins
Sue Denim
Occupation Writer and illustrator
Nationality American
Period 1987–present
Genre Children's literature
Signature
Website
pilkey.com

David Murray "Dav" Pilkey, Jr. (born March 4, 1966)[2] is an American author and illustrator of children's literature. Pilkey is the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He also uses the pen names George Beard and Harold Hutchins, which are the names of two of the main characters in the aforementioned series.

Biography

Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Barbara and David Pilkey, Sr.[3] He has one older sister. In elementary school in Elyria, Ohio, he was diagnosed with (and still suffers from) ADHD and dyslexia. Pilkey was frequently reprimanded for his behavior in class and thus usually at a desk in the school hallway, where he created the Captain Underpants character.[4] Pilkey entered his first book, World War Won, in a national competition for student authors and won in his age category. The book's publication in 1987 was included in the award.[3]

The atypical spelling of his first name came from a period of employment in a Pizza Hut, when the "e" was omitted from his nametag. Even though it is spelled D-A-V, it is pronounced "Dave" .[5]

Pilkey took a break from writing for a few years to care for his terminally ill father (who died on November 13, 2008), but in 2010 agreed with Scholastic to publish four new books.[6][7] The first two are graphic novels: The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future, released on August 10, 2010; and Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, released on June 28, 2011. Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers was released on August 28, 2012 and Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers was released in January 2013.

Books

Dragon

For the animated television series based on the books, see Dragon (TV series).

Dumb Bunnies

Pilkey authored the Dumb Bunnies books under the pseudonym Sue Denim. He has stated that the series was influenced by The Stupids.

Captain Underpants

Main article: Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants spin-offs

Pilkey authored these books under the pseudonyms Harold Hutchins and George Beard.

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Big Dog & Little Dog

Other books

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2022/Pilkey-Dav-1966.html
  2. ↑ Pilkey.com
  3. 1 2 "Dav Pilkey". Ohio Authors Online. Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library. 2003. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  4. ↑ Nissen, Beth (July 11, 2000). "Captain Underpants: The straight poop on a grossly entertaining series of children's books". CNN. Archived from the original on July 30, 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Super Humor: Tales of an 'Under' Achiever". Washington Post. July 3, 2002. p. C18.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Pilkey, Dav. "Four New Books" (PDF).
  8. ↑ ThunderX19 (January 17, 2013). "Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo-Toilet 2000 Teaser". YouTube. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ Schoenberg, Nara (April 16, 2015). "Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey brings underdog message to Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 23, 2015. Pilkey says he's still doing picture books in that vein, even as he follows George and Harold, authors of the upcoming "Dog Man: World's Greatest Cop" on new literary adventures.
  10. ↑ "Guys Read: Terrifying Tales". Harper Collins. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lodge, Sally (September 19, 2013). "Dav Pilkey to Illustrate Picture Book of Inaugural Poem". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The National Written & Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students Winners". Landmark Editions. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  13. ↑ Association for Library Service to Children. "Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, 1938–Present". American Library Association. Retrieved August 8, 2007.

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