Scott Menchin

I was raised by a band of wild gypsies who played music day and night but didn't know how to read or write.

I taught myself how to read so I could read menus. I love restaurants.

And I taught myself how to write so I could make books.

I learned how to draw when my gypsy family visited a museum and left me there.

I ate leftover french fries and slept in the broom closet at night and copied my favorite paintings during the day.

I lived in the museum until I was old enough to make children's books and buy a real house.

My only hobby is seeing how long I can go without blinking.

I have worked on books about happiness, legs, bunnies, chickens, dogs, lots of dogs but I still haven't done any books about witches, vegetables or badly behaved children. I still have time.

I cannot sleep with my socks on.

I hate cottage cheese.

I love music but I'm a terrible musician. (I think thats why my gypsy family left me at the museum.)