Allan Zullo

Allan Zullo is the versatile, best-selling author or coauthor of more than 120 nonfiction books on a broad range of subjects for general audiences and younger readers. Perhaps best known for his offbeat books on everything from Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit to The Baseball Hall of Shame, Allan has also tackled serious topics such as war, heroism, crime and the Holocaust. Allan also pens three popular series for Scholastic for students in middle school: Ten True Tales, gripping stories of extraordinary persons of all ages who have met the challenges of dangerous situations; Bad Pets, hilarious, true accounts of antics in the animal world; and Haunted Kids, eerie tales inspired by real-life investigations of the supernatural. Since 1989, he has created boxed daily page calendars on a wide variety of subjects for Andrews McMeel, including the popular Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit. He lives in Fairview, North Carolina.