Perhaps I can tell you a little bit about myself.

I was brought up in Yorkshire, a long, long time ago before a bath had its own room.

I am the youngest of 4 children and still the smallest of 3 brothers.

Some of my first drawings were with chalks on the large flagstones at the back of our house.

Art became my best and favourite subject at school.  It was what I enjoyed doing most and I was delighted to be accepted by Manchester College of Art and Design.

Later I completed a course in graphic design and illustration at Wimbledon School of Art.  Not long afterwards I wrote and illustrated 5 picture books that were published by various mainstream publishers.

I became the father of 2 children, then the step father of 2 more.  I have worked as an artist for the computer games industry and worked as a librarian in a primary school and then a public library.