Ryan T. Higgins

Ryan T. Higgins is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his Mother Bruce and Penelope Rex series, both of which have had a book on The New York Times Best Seller List and have won the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books.

Biography Higgins graduated from the College of the Atlantic in 2006. He is married and has three children. As of 2021, he lives in Maine.

Influences Higgins was greatly inspired by Calvin and Hobbes comics when he was younger and initially wanted to become a comic writer; however, after seeing Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! at a friend's home, he became intrigued by the genre.

Publications

Mother Bruce series

Mother Bruce (2015) Hotel Bruce (2016) Bruce's Big Move (2017) Santa Bruce (2018) 1 Grumpy Bruce (2019) Bruce's Big Fun Day (2019) Bruce's Big Storm (2019) Peek-a-Bruce (2019) The Bruce Swap (2021) Thanks for Nothing (2021) Spring Stinks (2021) Ballet Bruce (2022) Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book (2022)

Penelope Rex series

We Don't Eat Our Classmates (2018) We Will Rock Our Classmates (2020) We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish (2023) Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets (2024) “Bundle up, Penelope Rex” (2025)

Stand alone books

Twaddleton's Cheese (2008) Roger Goes Up (2012) Wilfred (2013) This Book Does Not Have Words (2014) Be Quiet! (2017) What About Worms!? (2020) Norman Didn't Do It! (Yes He Did) (2021)