Dave Coverly is an internationally syndicated cartoonist whose Speed Bump cartoons appear in more than 400 newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Detroit Free Press, and Parade. He is the illustrator of Sue MacDonald Had a Book and The Very Inappropriate Word, which was named a New York Times Editor's Choice and a Bank Street College Best Book. Winner of the prestigious Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist, Dave lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.