L.J Hugo was born in France, He went to New York when he was 4. When he was 18 he went to Harvard University and got an degree for psychology. After he went to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as a editor. He quit his job after 1 year because he hated his boss. Next He decided to be Photographer for google. At the age of 28 he made a editing firm called Jordan Corps. His first book is " First Day Of Middle School". He now lives in Taipei Taiwan with his 3 dogs and friend Thumb Mamba. His First book won the Newberry award.