Josh Crute was hiking on a mountain in the southern Appalachians when he peeked into the wrong rock cleft and discovered a doorway to another dimension. He hasn’t been seen since, but manuscripts postmarked from the hills of Alabama arrive periodically on his publishers’ doorsteps. He is the author of several picture books including Oliver: The Second-Largest Living Thing on Earth, Jonas Hanway’s Scurrilous, Scandalous, Shockingly Sensational Umbrella, and Hornswoggled! His first graphic novel, The Untimely Passing of Nicholas Fart, hits stores in May 2023.
This is the last known photograph of him.