All About Me

Well, not ALL about me. That would go on for ever and you would all be sound asleep very quickly…

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Photo credit: On Jackson Street

I have been writing and illustrating children’s books for many years. Before that, I worked as a government scientist (not a mad scientist, a normal kind of scientist) and also for a cotton spinning company (we made threads for t-shirts and denim jeans and mops and teabag strings). But what I love is drawing pictures, so I feel very lucky to be doing it as a job. I also like staying in bed in the morning, and then staying in my pyjamas all day.

I have written nearly 20 books, and illustrated more than 80. My books have been published in the UK, the USA and have been translated into 20 languages.

I live in Melbourne, Australia.

Click here for a short, official bio.

Click here to see a YouTube video of me being interviewed by the lovely Sue Lawson.

Click here to see the book trailer for Withering-by-Sea in the USA! With singing cats!