Dav Pilkey figure parmi les auteurs jeunesse les plus populaires de notre temps. Publiées en 19 langues et imprimées à plus de 50 millions d''exemplaires en Amérique du Nord seulement, Les aventures du Capitaine Bobette figurent parmi les livres préférés des jeunes lecteurs. Dav habite le Nord-Ouest Pacifique.

Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated several popular award-winning books for children. The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Les aventures du Capitaine Bobette), which has sold more than one million copies in print, was an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists and a Publishers Weekly "Cuffie" Award winner for the Funniest Book of the Year and The Paperboy was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book. Dav Pilkey lives in the Pacific Northwest.