John Grandits is a poet, typographer, art director, designer, & writer. He's written cartoons, articles, humor pieces, fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. In his previous life he was associated with a number of juvenile publishing ventures including Cricket, Muse, and Click magazines, Crown Books for Children and Random House. He has also art directed adult trade and children's textbooks. For a short time he was owner and publisher of a film and video review magazine. He has written and designed books, book jackets & covers, brochures, advertisements, periodicals, record jackets, corporate logos (although he hated doing it), posters and, of course, poems. He loves visiting schools and libraries to read his poems and stories. Home is Red Bank, NJ where he lives with his wife and two very, very silly kittens.