Jim Benton is the creator of Franny K. Stein, Dear Dumb Diary, and It's Happy Bunny®. He's a New York Times Bestselling author, and a two-time Eisner Award Nominee. He is the winner of two National Cartoonist Society Awards, Three Addys, and his licensed properties have taken top awards from the Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association five times. Three of his books have been selected as Top Picks for teen readers by the American Librarians Association and he eats too much candy.