Nick Bruel

Nicholas Tung Ming Bruel is an American author and illustrator of children’s books, most notably the Bad Kitty series. The first book in the series, Bad Kitty, is an alphabet-themed picture book, and expanded series includes both picture books and chapter books, as well as a guide to drawing comics. His books have been New York Times bestsellers.

Authored-illustrated works Boing!, 2004 Who is Melvin Bubble?, 2006 Little Red Bird, 2008 Bad Kitty Makes Comics . . . and You Can Too!, 2015 A Wonderful Year, 2015 Bad Kitty Picture Books Bad Kitty, 2005 Poor Puppy, 2007 A Bad Kitty Christmas, 2011 Bad Kitty's Tasty Treats, 2014 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Dogs, 2015 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Candy, 2015 Bad Kitty Scaredy-Cat, 2016 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Snow, 2016 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Video Games, 2019 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving, 2019 Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa, 2019 Bedtime for Bad Kitty, 2021 Bad Kitty Does Not Like Valentine's Day, 2022 Bad Kitty Chapter Books Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, 2008 Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty, 2009 Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray, 2010 Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, 2011 Bad Kitty for President, 2012 Bad Kitty School Daze, 2013 Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble, 2014 Bad Kitty: Puppy's Big Day, 2015 Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet, 2016 Bad Kitty Takes the Test, 2017 Bad Kitty Camp Daze, 2018 Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble, 2018 Bad Kitty Joins the Team, 2019 Bad Kitty Goes on Vacation, 2020 Bad Kitty Wants a Phone, 2021 Bad Kitty: Supercat, 2022 Bad Kitty Makes a Movie, 2023 Bad Kitty: Party Animal, 2025 Bad Kitty Gets a Job, 2026

Awards Source: Bad Kitty

2007 Buckaroo Book Award—Children's (Winner) 2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award—Picture Book (Nominee) 2007 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award—Picture Book (Nominee) 2007 Volunteer State Book Award—Grades K-3 (Winner) 2008 Colorado Children's Book Award—Picture Book (Runner-Up) 2008 Monarch Award—Grades K-3 (Second Place) 2009 Young Hoosier Book Award—Picture Book (Winner)

Bad Kitty Gets A Bath

2009 Gryphon Award—Children's Literature (Honor Book) 2011 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (Winner) 2011 Golden Archer Award—Intermediate (Nominee) 2012 Nevada Young Readers' Award—Young Readers (Nominee)

Bad Kitty Meets The Baby

2012 Third and Fourth Grade Book of the Year—Children's Book Council

Bad Kitty For President

2013 Third and Fourth Grade Book of the Year—Children's Book Council

Bad Kitty: School Daze

2014 Colorado Children's Book Award—Junior Novel (Runner-Up) 2016 Monarch Award—Grades K-3 (Nominee)

Who Is Melvin Bubble?

2008 Black-Eyed Susan Award—Picture Book (Nominee) 2008 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award—Picture Book (Nominee) 2009 North Carolina Children's Book Award—Picture Book (Winner)