James Ertner

James Ertner was named the Punster of the Year in 2009 by the International Save the Pun Foundation. He won the Punniest of Show competition at the 2002 O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships in Austin, Texas, and has been a judge there since then. His first joke book Super Silly Animal Riddles led to a partnership with bestseller Richard Lederer, with whom he has coauthored seven other books on animal puns.