Stephan Pastis

Not to be confused with Stefan Fatsis.
Stephan Pastis
Pastis at the 2011 Helsinki Comics Festival in Helsinki, Finland.
Born
Stephan Thomas Pastis

(1968-01-16) January 16, 1968 (age 56)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)
Occupation(s)Insurance defense litigation attorney (1993–2002)
Cartoonist of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine (2000–present)
Author (2003–present)
SpouseStaci
Children2
Websitestephanpastis.wordpress.com

Stephan Thomas Pastis (/ˈstɛfən ˈpæstɪs/ STEF-ən PAS-tiss;[2] born January 16, 1968) is an American cartoonist and former lawyer who is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He also writes children's chapter books, commencing with the release of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. The seventh book, It's the End When I Say It's the End,[3] debuted at #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade Books.[4]

  1. ^ "Stephan T Pastis, Born 01/16/1968 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Pearls Blows Up, a Pearls Before Swine film by Stephan Pastis
  3. ^ Cavna, Michael (February 25, 2013). "'Pearls Before Swine' creator takes on Timmy Failure in new series of kids' books". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Best Sellers: Children's Middle Grade". The New York Times. March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.