Howard Pearlstein is the award-winning author of nine picture books that have been translated into five languages. His upcoming titles in 2024 and 2025 include This Book Is Not For You, The Shy Book and The Bad Book for Good Kids. Howard is also the founder of Copy Rocket, an advertising copywriting agency, and has worked on some of the world’s most popular brands, including Toyota, Verizon and Mitsubishi. A California native, Howard now lives in Birmingham, Alabama. He has three daughters, Amanda, Jacquie and Emily, who live across the country, and one wife, Debi, who still lives at home.