Bio:

TINA KüGLER lives in Los Angeles with her husband, three sons, two cats, an exuberant dog, and a cranky lizard.

Tina wrote and illustrated SNAIL AND WORM, a collection of easy reader stories about two small friends (2016 Houghton Mifflin Books for Young Readers). The sequel, SNAIL AND WORM AGAIN, is a 2018 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. The series also includes SNAIL AND WORM ALL DAY (2019) and SNAIL AND WORM, OF COURSE (2023).

FOX TAILS, Tina’s illustrated easy reader 3-book series with Scholastic, arrived in 2020 and 2021.WHO ATE MY BOOK?, an easy reader with Penguin Random House, was released in 2020.

IN MARY'S GARDEN (2015, HMH), written and illustrated by Tina and her husband Carson Kugler, is a biographical picture book about the life and work of Wisconsin artist Mary Nohl.

Tina illustrated THE CHANGE YOUR NAME STORE (2014) and its sequel, NO MORE BEIGE FOOD (2016), both written by Leanne Shirtliffe and published by Sky Pony Press.

She spent many years as a storyboard artist for animation studios such as Walt Disney, Nickelodeon, and Warner Bros., and is currently a character layout artist on The Simpsons for Fox Television Animation. She also owned a children's bookshop and worked in the youth department of the Manitowoc Public Library. Tina is also a card-carrying member of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club.

Tina is represented by Teresa Kietlinski at Bookmark Literary.

Tina Kügler, author and illustrator of "Snail & Worm Again," was named an honoree for the 2018 Theodor Geisel Award. These awards were announced on Feb. 12, by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting held Feb. 9-13, 2018, in Denver.