Dim Zupan (born 19 February 1946) is a Slovene children's writer. He has also publushed three novels for adult readers.
Zupan was born in Ljubljana in 1946. He studied Law at the University of Ljubljana. He published his first children's book in 1991, introducing the characters of Drekec Pekec and Pukec Smukec (Super Pooper and Farty Party) which became very popular with young readers and feature in a further four of his books. He has also published over twenty other books, including three novels and a theatre play.
In 1996 he received the Levstik Award for his books Drekec Pekec in Pukec Smukec (Super Pooper and Farty Party) and Leteči mački (Flying Cats).
For Young ChildrenZobek na dopustu (Little Tooth on Holiday), 1995Tolovajevo leto (The Year of the Robber), 1995Maščevanje strašne juhice (The Revenge of the Terrible Soup), 1997Young Adult LiteratureTrije dnevi Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Days in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1991Trnovska mafija (The Trnovo Mafia), 1992Tri noči Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Nights in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1993Tri skrivnosti Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Secrets of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1994Tri zvezdice Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Stars of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1995Leteči mački (Flying Cats), 1996Trnovska mafija drugič (The Trnovo Mafia Again), 1997Tri spoznanja Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Realizations of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1998Rdeči teloh (Red Hellebore), 1998Onkraj srebrne mavrice (Beyond the Silver Rainbow), 1998Modri kamen modrosti (The Blue Stone of Wisdom), 1999Dežela odrezanih glav (the Land of Severed Heads), 2001Osica Maja (Maya the Wasp), 2004Ko pridejo angelčki (When the Little Angels Come), 2004Štirinajst in pol (Fourteen and a Half), 2005Hektor in ribja usoda (Hector and Fish Fate), 2006Hektor in mala šola (Hector and Prep School), 2007Deklica za ogledalom (The Little Girl Behind the Mirror), 2007Hektor in velika avantura (Hector and the Great Adventure), 2009Hektor in male ljubezni (Hector and a Little Love), 2009Bela noč v črni vasi (White Night in the Black Village), 2009Adult fictionTemna zvezda smrti (The Dark Star of Death), 1993Žametni soj (Velvet Shining), 2000Hudo brezno (The Terrible Abyss), 2005