Lane Smith

Lane Smith has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff. His
titles with Jon Scieszka have included the Caldecott Honor
winner The Stinky Cheese Man, as well as the best sellers
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs; Math Curse; and Science
Verse. Lane's other high profile titles include Hooray for
Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky; The Very
Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders; and James and
the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. In 1996 Lane served as
Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version of James and
the Giant Peach.

He also wrote and illustrated The Happy Hocky Family and The
Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country. He and book
designer Molly Leach live in the country too, in the little
town of Washington, CT.