Cranky

About Phuc Tran

Phuc Tran is an award-winning writer tattooer and Latin teacher (for which he has won no awards). Lots of things make Phuc cranky: being too cold being too hot staying up too late getting up really early wearing baggy socks eating jaggedy cereal for breakfast. Cranky is his first childrens book. His memoir Sigh Gone received the New England Book Award and the Maine Literary Award and was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon Audible and others. Phuc lives in Portland Maine with his wife (who is rarely cranky) and his two daughters (who are sometimes cranky). Phuc is pronounced like Luke but with an F. Learn more at phucskywalker.com. Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist kid lit author/illustrator and production designer. Pete is the illustrator of the Food Group series by Jory John and the Cranky series by Phuc Tran as well as many other picture books. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer concept artist and production designer. Pete lives in Los Angeles California with his wife and two sons.