Liz Climo is a cartoonist, children's book author, illustrator, and animator. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Los Angeles after college to work as a character artist on The Simpsons . She is the author of the Rory the Dinosaur series, The Little World of Liz Climo, Lobster Is the Best Medicine, Please Don't Eat Me!, and Best Bear Ever! . Her books have been translated into ten languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.