Mike Thaler (born 1936), is an American author and illustrator of children’s books. Thaler has had over 210 books published from 1961 to 2017. Thaler graduated in 1955 from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles and the Art Center College of Design, now located in Pasadena, California, majoring in English and Art.