莫·威廉斯（Mo Willems）：《纽约时报》排名第一的畅销书作家和插画家，1968年出生于美国新奥尔良州，毕业于纽约大学帝许艺术学院。为《芝麻街》等许多知名儿童电视节目写过剧本，也创造了许多著名的卡通形象，先后6次获得美国电视艾美奖。作品长期位列《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。曾三度荣获美国凯迪克大奖，两次获得盖泽尔奖章，并获得包括美国图书馆协会年度好书、国际阅读协会儿童选书大奖等在内的多项童书大奖。被《纽约时报》誉为“21世纪最突出的新锐作家”。主要作品有：“鸽子”系列——《别让鸽子开巴士！》（2003年凯迪克大奖）《鸽子捡到一个热狗！》《别让鸽子太晚睡！》《鸽子想要小狗狗！》《小鸽子认知启蒙纸板书》，“古纳什小兔”系列——《古纳什小兔》（2005年凯迪克大奖）《古纳什小兔又来了》（2008年凯迪克大奖）《再见，古纳什小兔》，以及《“嗷呜”怪兽阿抖来了》《小猪小象系列》，等等。

Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive! and A Big Guy Took My Ball!). Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts.