Jon Scieszka (Pronunciation: Shess Ka) was born in Flint, Michigan. The Stinky Cheese Man was named an Honor Book in the 1993 Randolph Caldecott Medal awards, given by the American Library Association. It was also named an ALA Notable Book of the Year, and a 1992 Best Illustrated Book of the Year by The New York Times. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs won the Silver Medal from the New York Society of Illustrators. The Book That Jack Wrote and Math Curse were named Book-of-the-Month Club selections, as were three of the Time Warp Trio books.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Time Warp Trio
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table (1991)
2. The Not-So-Jolly Roger (1991)
3. The Good, the Bad and the Goofy (1992)
4. Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (1993)
5. 2095 (1995)
6. Tut, Tut (1996)
7. Summer Reading is Killing Me (1998)
8. It's All Greek to Me (1999)
9. See You Later, Gladiator (2000)
10. Sam Samurai (2001)
11. Hey Kid, Want to Buy a Bridge? (2002)
12. Viking It and Liking It (2002)
13. Me Oh Maya (2003)
14. Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci (2004)
15. Oh Say, I Can't See (2005)
16. Marco? Polo! (2006)
Nightmare On Joe's Street (2006)
You Can't, But Genghis Khan (2006)
The Seven Blunders of the World (2006)
Lewis and Clark...and Jodie, Freddi, And Samantha (2006)
Plaid to the Bone (2007)
South Pole or Bust (an Egg) (2007)
The High and the Flighty (2007)
Meet You at Waterloo (2007)
Wushu Were Here (2007)
Birdman Or Birdbrain? (2007)
What's So Great About Peter? (2007)
Harem Scare'em (2007)
Meet The Xyz Men (2019)
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table (1991)
2. The Not-So-Jolly Roger (1991)
3. The Good, the Bad and the Goofy (1992)
4. Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (1993)
5. 2095 (1995)
6. Tut, Tut (1996)
7. Summer Reading is Killing Me (1998)
8. It's All Greek to Me (1999)
9. See You Later, Gladiator (2000)
10. Sam Samurai (2001)
11. Hey Kid, Want to Buy a Bridge? (2002)
12. Viking It and Liking It (2002)
13. Me Oh Maya (2003)
14. Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci (2004)
15. Oh Say, I Can't See (2005)
16. Marco? Polo! (2006)
Nightmare On Joe's Street (2006)
You Can't, But Genghis Khan (2006)
The Seven Blunders of the World (2006)
Lewis and Clark...and Jodie, Freddi, And Samantha (2006)
Plaid to the Bone (2007)
South Pole or Bust (an Egg) (2007)
The High and the Flighty (2007)
Meet You at Waterloo (2007)
Wushu Were Here (2007)
Birdman Or Birdbrain? (2007)
What's So Great About Peter? (2007)
Harem Scare'em (2007)
Meet The Xyz Men (2019)
Jon Scieszka's Trucktown
Smash! Crash! (2008)
Pete's Party (2008)
Melvin Might? (2008)
Uh-Oh, Max (2009)
Dizzy Izzy (2010)
Race from A to Z (2011)
Trucks Line Up (2011)
Smash! Crash! (2008)
Pete's Party (2008)
Melvin Might? (2008)
Uh-Oh, Max (2009)
Dizzy Izzy (2010)
Race from A to Z (2011)
Trucks Line Up (2011)
Frank Einstein
1. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (2014)
2. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (2015)
3. Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (2015)
4. Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt (2016)
5. Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo (2017)
6. Frank Einstein and the Space-Time Zipper (2018)
1. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (2014)
2. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (2015)
3. Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (2015)
4. Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt (2016)
5. Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo (2017)
6. Frank Einstein and the Space-Time Zipper (2018)
Collections
The Stinky Cheese Man (1992)
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . . (2005) (with Jonathan Safran Foer, Neil Gaiman and Nick Hornby)
Knucklehead (2008)
Garage Tales (2010)
Other Worlds (2013) (with Tom Angleberger, Ray Bradbury, Rick Riordan, Neal Shüsterman, Rebecca Stead and Shaun Tan)
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . . (2005) (with Jonathan Safran Foer, Neil Gaiman and Nick Hornby)
Knucklehead (2008)
Garage Tales (2010)
Other Worlds (2013) (with Tom Angleberger, Ray Bradbury, Rick Riordan, Neal Shüsterman, Rebecca Stead and Shaun Tan)
Picture Books
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1989)
The Frog Prince, Continued (1991)
The Book That Jack Wrote (1994)
Math Curse (1995)
Squids Will Be Squids (1998)
Baloney (2001)
Science Verse (2004)
Cowboy and Octopus (2007)
Zoom! Boom! Bully (2008)
Snow Trucking! (2008)
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland (2008)
Melvin's Valentine (2009)
Truckery Rhymes (2009)
The Spooky Tire (2009)
Robot Zot! (2009)
Kat's Mystery Gift (2009)
The Great Truck Rescue (2010)
Welcome to Trucktown (2010)
Trucksgiving (2010)
Kat's Maps (2011)
The Frog Prince, Continued (1991)
The Book That Jack Wrote (1994)
Math Curse (1995)
Squids Will Be Squids (1998)
Baloney (2001)
Science Verse (2004)
Cowboy and Octopus (2007)
Zoom! Boom! Bully (2008)
Snow Trucking! (2008)
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland (2008)
Melvin's Valentine (2009)
Truckery Rhymes (2009)
The Spooky Tire (2009)
Robot Zot! (2009)
Kat's Mystery Gift (2009)
The Great Truck Rescue (2010)
Welcome to Trucktown (2010)
Trucksgiving (2010)
Kat's Maps (2011)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Guys Read
Guys Read: Funny Business (2010)
Guys Read: Thriller (2011)
The Sports Pages (2012)
Heroes & Villains (2017)
Guys Read: Funny Business (2010)
Guys Read: Thriller (2011)
The Sports Pages (2012)
Heroes & Villains (2017)
Anthologies edited
My Dog Does My Homework! (2004)
Guys Write for Guys Read (2005)
Who Done It? (2013)
Guys Read: Other Worlds (2013)
Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (2015)
Guys Write for Guys Read (2005)
Who Done It? (2013)
Guys Read: Other Worlds (2013)
Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (2015)
Non fiction
Computer Challenges: Atari (1985)
Road Atlas (1999)
Seen Art? (2005)
Guys Read (2014) (with Candace Fleming, Douglas Florian, Nathan Hale, Thanhhà Lại, Sy Montgomery, Jim Murphy, T Edward Nickens, Elizabeth Partridge, Steven Sheinkin and James Sturm)
Road Atlas (1999)
Seen Art? (2005)
Guys Read (2014) (with Candace Fleming, Douglas Florian, Nathan Hale, Thanhhà Lại, Sy Montgomery, Jim Murphy, T Edward Nickens, Elizabeth Partridge, Steven Sheinkin and James Sturm)
Jon Scieszka recommends

The Mac Undercover (2018)
(Mac B., Kid Spy, book 1)
Mac Barnett
"Funny as a crumpet. (But truly, secretly a hundred times smarter.)"
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