Meet the author

Mike Cavallaro.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Mike Cavallaro: American cartoonist behind the Nico Bravo and Eowulf graphic novels, fast, funny, monster-packed fantasy for irreverent readers of nine and up.

Mike Cavallaro is an American cartoonist from New Jersey, a graduate of the Joe Kubert School who has worked in comics and animation since the early 1990s. For young readers he is best known as creator of the Nico Bravo graphic novels and their spin-off, Eowulf, starring a wisecracking, monster-hunting descendant of Beowulf who juggles interdimensional adventures with the everyday indignities of middle school. Fast, funny and packed with wild, big-hearted monster action, the Eowulf books (Of Monsters and Middle School, The Creature Connection) deliver an instantly iconic heroine in a clean, cartoon-bright style. Cavallaro has also illustrated for Jane Yolen and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. A reliable pick for readers of nine and up who love their fantasy loud, irreverent and laugh-out-loud fun.