Mike Nawrocki

As co-creator of VeggieTales and the voice of the beloved Larry The Cucumber, Mike Nawrocki has been making entertaining and wholesome content for kids since 1993.

He created, wrote and directed most of the extremely popular “Silly Songs with Larry” segments, and lent his screenwriting and directing talents to VeggieTales episodes as well as their movies Jonah and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. Mike also developed and wrote for 3-2-1 Penguins! and authored a number of VeggieTales Books and CD projects.

Mike serves as Assistant Professor of Film and Animation at Lipscomb University, in addition to serving as the Artist in Residence at Lipscomb University, where he is also pursuing an MFA in writing and directing for film. He also co-hosts the weekly podcast, “The Bible for Kids.”

In Mike's latest venture, he is the author of The Dead Sea Squirrels series. The Dead Sea Squirrels is Mike's first kids' book series, which he has been delighted to write from the home he shares with his wife, Lisa, and two children in Franklin, Tennessee.