The Bad Guys: Episode 1

Aaron Blabey is an Australian author and illustrator celebrated for his humorous and engaging children’s books and graphic novels, particularly The Bad Guys series. Blabey’s career began in acting, where he played the lead role in the Australian television drama, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh. He later shifted gears and began painting and illustrating, and was successful there as well, leading him to his current career as a children’s author.

In 2007, Blabey began his career as a children’s author with the publication of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, which won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Award in 2008. He continued to build his reputation with works like Sunday Chutney (2008) and The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon (2011), which won the Patricia Wrightson Award in 2013. Pig the Pug was published in 2014 and saw massive acclaim, and The Bad Guys series has sold 55 million copies, been adapted into a DreamWorks animated film, and amassed a worldwide following of loyal young readers. It also made the New York Times bestseller list, hitting the number one spot. In his work, Blabey strives to make reading fun, entertaining, and a little absurd. He enjoys creating unlikely characters in unlikely scenarios and usually sticks with personified animals as his protagonists.