Tom DeFalco is an American comics writer and editor, well-known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man. Winner of the 1990 InkPot Award, DeFalco is also the author of over a dozen graphic novels, several hundred comic book stories, several dozen cyber-comics, three novels and six children's books, including the best-selling Dorling Kindersley guides to Marvel comics characters and has created and developed over three dozen characters that have all been licensed for television, toys, t-shirts, posters, trading cards and other merchandise.