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George Arnold’s first book was the best-selling memoir, Growing Up Simple: An Irreverent Look at Kids in the 1950s with foreword by Texas humorist and icon Liz Carpenter. It won the IPPY Humor Award as the funniest book published in North America in 2003, the Violet Crown Award as the best nonfiction book by a Texas author of 2003, and the coveted Silver Spur from the Texas Public Relations Association for marketing excellence.
 Turning his attention to fiction for youngsters, George launched the CIA Cats series, beginning with Fred-X Rising: I Gatti of the C.I.A. Multi-lingual adventure books that delight adult readers as well, the series features the crime-fighting cleverness of Buzzer Louis, his best friend Cincinnati the dancing pig, and Buzzer’s hilarious siblings, Dusty Louise and the tiny orange tabby twins Luigi Panettone Giaccomazza and Luisa Manicotti Giaccomazza.
George and his wife of more than 40 years live in the Texas Hill Country where they raise registered half-Arabian horses, coastal hay, dogs, cats and invisible goats. You’ve seen the work of the Arnold’s talented son, the Budweiser commercial featuring the couple who pick up a chainsaw-wielding hitchhiker.
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George Arnold
