Big Nate Wright is an aspiring cartoonist who doodles his observations in his notebook. He's also the star of Big Nate, the famous cartoon strip which has been distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association since 1991. Creator Lincoln Peirce portrays the energetic sixth grader in his relationships with teachers, classmates and his family. Peirce occasionally even turns his cartooning pen over to his creation, and readers get to see life through Nate's eyes as he doodles his adventures in his notebook. Big Nate is about a real kid and his reactions to the world around him. He lives with his divorced dad and his older sister, Ellen, and enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.

Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce relies on memories of his own childhood and the experiences he collected teaching art at Xavier High School in New York City. The first Big Nate book, Add More Babes! (Topper Books, 1992), a collection of Big Nate strips, was a hit with kids across the U.S. through Scholastic Great American Book Fairs and The Trumpet Book Club.