Audrey Wood

Audrey Wood is an American children's author who has published more than 40 picture books, many illustrated by her husband, Don Wood. Her best-known titles include King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, a Caldecott Honor winner from 1985, Heckedy Peg, and The Napping House, which has sold over 2.1 million copies worldwide. The Tickleoctopus is a cave-set picture book about a family whose routines shift when an unexpected, mischievous creature arrives to bring them play.