Doug Cushman was born in Springfield, Ohio. As a boy, he read a lot, especially mysteries. He loved all kinds of comic strips and comic books; his favorite was Walt Kelly's Pogo.
His first job as an author/illustrator was in junior high, when he made and sold comic books to his classmates for a nickel apiece. His characters were his teachers, wildly caricatured and shown battling super villains. In hish school, the vice principal almost threw Doug out of school for a particularly satiric caricature of him, published in the school newspaper. This was Doug's first lesson on censorship, and also made him realize maybe he'd found something he was really good at, and could make into a career. So he did.
Doug went on to study at the Paier School of Art, in Connecticut. One of his teachers there was Leonard Everett Fisher, author and/or illustrator of over 200 books, as well as a Pulitzer winner.
Somewhere along the line, Doug decided his talents were best used in children's books. So far, he has illustrated over 80 books, fourteen of which he has written. Eight of those 14 are mysteries, a genre he continues to enjoy.
Doug lives in Redding, California, with a dog and 1 1/2 cats. He enjoys cooking, hiking, and kayaking. No word on whether he's any relation to Karen Cushman.
Books:
1 2 3
A B C
The ABC Mystery
Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery / Aunt Eater's Mystery Christmas / Aunt Eater's Mystery Halloween / Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation
Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls
Aware and Alert
Bedtime Story
Bicycle Bear Rides Again
Camp Big Paw
Chatty Chipmunk's Nutty Day
Christmas Mice!
Crazy Gibberish and Other Story Hour Stretches
Crocodile and Hen
Enrichment Math: Grade 2 / Enrichment Math: Grade 3
The Fire Fighter: Where There's Smoke
Feed Me!
Frogs
Halloween Mice!
Halloween Pigs
Hickory Dickory Dock
Information Please: The Librarian
Inspector Hopper
Let's Try It Out With Cold Hands and Warm Feet
Little Raccoon
My Community
The Mystery Illness
The Mystery of King Karfu
The Mystery of the Monkey's Maze
Once upon a Pig
Porcupine's Pajama Party
Red-Letter Day
Scarecrow Mix
Signs of Protest
The Silly Mother Hubbard
A Summer Job
Teddy Bear for Sale
The Turkey Saves the Day
Uncle Foster's Hat Tree
Up a Tree
Valentine Mice!
What Dads Can't Do
What Moms Can't Do
The Witch Who Couldn't Fly
thanks to:
http://www.penguinputnam.com/yreaders/educate/appear/ppinfo/cushmado01.html
http://www.cbcbooks.org/columns/archives/cushman.htm
www.doug-cushman.com
www.amazon.com