Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Russian: Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Успе́нский; 22 December 1937 — 14 August 2018) was a Russian author and screenwriter. He wrote many children's books.[1] He was born in Yegoryevsk, Soviet Union.
Among his most beloved characters are a serious but adventurous boy known as Uncle Fyodor from Uncle Fyodor, His Dog and His Cat. He also wrote screenplays, his best known ones were Gena the Crocodile and Plasticine Crow.