Timothy Bush is the author and/or illustrator of more than 25 books for young readers, including the 2006 ALA Notable Book All In Just One Cookie by Susan E. Goodman and the Capital Mysteries series by Ron Roy. Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter, which he wrote and illustrated has been optioned as a feature film by Walt Disney Pictures. Characterized by imagination, humor and high energy, his stories use settings as diverse as Ice Age France, contemporary Washington, DC and outer space to explore basic issues of childhood. His illustration work includes My Dad's Job by Peter Glassman, which has been optioned by Nickelodeon Films, and other titles by such authors as Eve Bunting, Mary Downing Hahn and James Howe. His books have frequently appeared on national lists of note, including those put together by the Children's Book Council, the International Reading Association and Bank Street College of Education. His stage adaptation of his book Grunt! The Primitive Cave Boy was produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company, and toured regionally in the spring of 2000. Tim was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Dallas on academic scholarship. He spent two years as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Vienna, Austria, and has also lived at various times in Rome and the Greek islands. Tim says of his background: "I've always loved books and reading. When I was a kid, we lived in Ohio and one of the biggest events of the year in our family was the used book sale at our local church. We didn't have a lot of money, but books were one thing my parents never said 'no' to. We'd load up on books at the sale in April, and bring them in June by the carload (our car was literally loaded with books) to a fishing cabin in Wisconsin we rented. No TV, no radio. Just fishing and reading and poking around in the woods. Good stuff. I've had a couple of art classes here and there, but mostly I'm self-taught. I studied literature in college, but there wasn't much writing involved... so I'm really completely unqualified to do what I do." Tim currently calls New York City home.