Chris Harris

Chris Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups, illustrated by Lane Smith. A longtime comedy writer, he has worked as a writer and executive producer on the television series How I Met Your Mother and as a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman, and has been nominated for Emmy Awards for his work in television. His pieces have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Esquire, ESPN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on NPR, and he is based in Los Angeles.

In addition to I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, Harris has written other children’s books such as The Alphabet’s Alphabet, illustrated by Dan Santat, and If You Laugh, I’m Starting This Book Over, illustrated by Serge Bloch. His follow-up poetry collection My Head Has a Bellyache, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, continues his blend of wordplay and comic nonsense that has drawn comparisons to Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, and Ogden Nash.