James Howe

b. 1946

2 series 17 books in order 4 standalone books

James Howe is the author of over ninety books for young readers, including the modern classics Bunnicula and The Misfits and both books’ highly popular sequels. He wrote the award-winning bestseller Bunnicula with his late wife, Deborah Howe, in 1977. The couple wrote one other children’s book, Teddy Bear’s Scrapbook, before Deborah’s death from cancer in 1978. After Bunnicula’s publication in 1979, Howe quit his job as a literary agent to write full-time. His other popular books include the six sequels to Bunnicula, the Tales from the House of Bunnicula series, the Bunnicula and Friends Ready-to-Read series, the Pinky and Rex series, the Houndsley and Catina series, and picture books such as Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores, I Wish I Were a Butterfly, There's a Monster Under My Bed, Brontorina, and Otter and Odder. He also wrote the acclaimed novels for older readers The Misfits and its companion novels: Totally Joe, Addie on the Inside, and Also Known as Elvis. Howe has also written the teen novel The Watcher and edited the anthologies The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope and 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen. His books often deal with the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself. He has a daughter, Zoey, and lives in New York State with his husband, Mark Davis.

Born

1946

Known for

Bunnicula, Tales from the House of Bunnicula