Eric Litwin (born August 16, 1966), also known as Mr. Eric, is an American storyteller and musician. He is best known as the original author of the ''
Pete the Cat
Pete the Cat is a fictional cartoon cat created by American artist James Dean. The series started with four books illustrated by Dean and with text by Eric Litwin; since then, James Dean and his wife Kimberly Dean have written and illustrated t ...
'' books.
Life
Litwin was born in
New York City
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. He graduated from
George Washington University
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, and the
University at Albany
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. He moved to
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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, in 1993.
Litwin is a former classroom teacher in special educatio
He has two Masters degrees, one in Education and one in Administratio
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Works
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*''Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons'', HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2014, ISBN 9780007553679
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*''Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs''. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. Orchard Books, 2016
References
External links
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Interview(no date) at Sprockster.com
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1966 births
Living people