His book, "Love You Forever", is the #1 best-selling children's book of
all time.
Currently (2004) lives in Guelph, Ontario.
Studied to be a Jesuit priest for 7 years before switching to writing.
Born in Pittsburgh but revoked his American citizenship to become
Canadian.
Bases the characters in his stories on real children.
Has published 42 children's books.
He was awarded the C.M.(Member of the Order of Canada) on April 15,
1999 for his services to Canadian Children's Literature.
Guelph, Ontario, Canada (June 2007)
Has three adoptive children: Julie, Andrew, and Tyya.
Munsch and his wife Ann discovered they could not have biological children after two pregnancies ended with still-births. They instead went for adopting children.
Munsch studied to become a Jesuit priest, but after having jobs at orphanages and daycare centers he decided he would rather work with children.
Munsch grew up in a family of nine children.
Munsch's books are the most-often stolen from the Toronto public library.