Gavin Curtis was born in New York City. His love of writing and drawing developed very early when he was in elementary school. He used to create comic books to entertain his friends. When he got older, Gavin went to college at the School of Visual Arts. There he studied cartooning with renowned storyteller Will Eisner, and even collaborated with Mr. Eisner on two covers for the school’s comic book magazine entitled Gallery. He also studied children’s book illustration and created the book dummy for his first picture book Grandma’s Baseball.