Jon Klassen grew up in Niagara Falls, Canada, and now lives in Los Angeles, California.
He is the Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, which won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2014, and We Found a Hat.
He is also the illustrator of Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, The Dark by Lemony Snicket, House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser; Cats’ Night Out by Caroline Stutson and the first three books in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series.