Tor Seidler

Tor Seidler (born 1952 in Littleton, New Hampshire ) is an American author of children's literature. Many of his books feature anthropomorphic animals. Mean Margaret was nominated for a National Book Award, The Wainscott Weasel was named a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association, and A Rat's Tale was named Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. In 1998, A Rat's Tale was adapted into a puppet film by Augsburger Puppenkiste and distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios planned to adapt The Wainscott Weasel into a movie, which started development in 2003. However, Fox shelved the concept in 2006.

He studied literature at Stanford University.

Published books

 * The Dulcimer Boy (1979)
 * Terpin (1982)
 * A Rat's Tale (1985)
 * The Tar Pit (1987)
 * Take a Good Look (1990)
 * The Steadfast Tin Soldier (HarperCollins, 1992) – picture book illustrated by Fred Marcellino, retelling the 1838 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen,
 * The Wainscott Weasel (1993)
 * Mean Margaret (1997)
 * The Silent Spinbills (1998)
 * The Revenge of Randal Reese-Rat (2001)
 * The Brothers Below Zero (2002)
 * Brain Boy and the Death Master (2003)
 * Toes (2006)
 * Gully's Travels (Scholastic, 2008),
 * Firstborn (2015)