Editing Stephan Pastis (section)

{{Short description|American cartoonist (born 1968)}}
{{Distinguish|Stefan Fatsis}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stephan Pastis
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|01|16}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles County, California]], U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/stephan_t_pastis_born_1968_10336892|title=Stephan T Pastis, Born 01/16/1968 in California &#124; CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|website=www.californiabirthindex.org|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref>
| birth_name = Stephan Thomas Pastis
| image = Stephan Pastis 2 - Baltimore 30 Apr 2017.jpg
| caption = Pastis in 2017
| nationality = American
| occupation = Insurance defense litigation attorney (1993–2002)<br />Cartoonist of the comic strip ''[[Pearls Before Swine (comics)|Pearls Before Swine]]'' (2000–present) <br />Author (2003–present)
| spouse = Staci
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br /> [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| website = [https://stephanpastis.wordpress.com stephanpastis.wordpress.com]
}}
'''Stephan Thomas Pastis''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|ɛ|f|ən|_|ˈ|p|æ|s|t|ɪ|s}} {{respell|STEF|ən|_|PAS|tiss}};<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3-WAiX1Wc0 Pearls Blows Up, a Pearls Before Swine film by Stephan Pastis]<!--at 0:02--></ref> born January 16, 1968) is an American [[cartoonist]] and former lawyer who is the creator of the comic strip ''[[Pearls Before Swine (comics)|Pearls Before Swine]]''. He also writes [[chapter book|children's chapter books]], commencing with the release of ''Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made''. The seventh book, ''It's the End When I Say It's the End'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Cavna |first=Michael |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/pearls-before-swine-creator-takes-on-timmy-failure/2013/02/25/1d648ff6-7c7e-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html |title='Pearls Before Swine' creator takes on Timmy Failure in new series of kids' books |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2013 |access-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315090529/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-25/lifestyle/37285196_1_new-book-cartoonist-stephan-pastis-boy-detective |archive-date=March 15, 2013 }}</ref> debuted at #4 on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade Books]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-03-17/childrens-middle-grade/list.html |title=Best Sellers: Children's Middle Grade |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 17, 2013 |access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref>