Aaron Blabey (born 1 January 1974) is an Australian author of children's books and artist, who until the mid-2000s was also an actor. He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug – a picture book series about a mean-spirited little dog, The Bad Guys – a New York Times #1 bestselling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture book series about a plain little pony who pretends to be a unicorn. In March 2018, it was announced that a film adaptation of The Bad Guys was in development at DreamWorks Animation. Then, in October 2019, it was announced that the project was moving into production with a scheduled release date of September 2021. Blabey will serve as executive producer on the movie. In May 2019, it was announced that Netflix are developing a movie-musical adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn with Blabey again serving as executive producer. As of January 2020, Blabey has around 20 million books in print. and his books have spent over 60 weeks on New York Times Bestseller List. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list on 3 July 2019. In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 2003's CrashBurn, before retiring from performance in 2005.