About Dav Pilkey The publication of Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder marks Dav Pilkey’s 38 years of writing and illustrating award-winning and bestselling books for children. When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers ...
Pilkey attributes his early struggles with helping him cope with rejection as an adult. When Pilkey was a teenager, he began working at Pizza Hut, where a broken name tag machine led to his adopting the moniker “Dav.” However, his name is still pronounced “Dave.” In 1984 Pilkey began...
Dav Pilkey is an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer known for his popular books for children including the Captain Underpants series.