Tor Seidler (born 1952 in Littleton, New Hampshire^[1]) is an American author of children's literature. Many of his books feature anthropomorphic animals.^[2] Mean Margaret was nominated for a National Book Award,^[3] 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.^[4] In 1998, A Rat's Tale was adapted into a puppet film by Augsburger Puppenkiste and distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.^[5] 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios planned to adapt The Wainscott Weasel into a movie, which started development in 2003.^[6] However, Fox shelved the concept in 2006.^[7]

He studied literature at Stanford University.^[8]

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, LCCN 92-52690
• 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), OCLC 192081861
• Firstborn (2015)