"You're going to be an illustrator, I can see it a mile off". So said my art teacher at school. I didn't exactly know what an illustrator was, but I was suitably flattered.

I grew up in Staffordshire, UK, and the only other job I've ever done was at Alton Towers ("Britain's premier Theme Park"), a place inhabited by 6 foot tall dancing bears and where a 13 hour day was considered the norm. Perfect preparation for life as a children's illustrator.

Since graduation in 1994 I've illustrated well in excess of 100 children's books. Numbered amongst these a hugely enjoyable series of books about a child detective, Jigsaw Jones by James Preller (Scholastic, Inc). I have just finished my twenty ninth book in the series (see below). In addition to illustrating books I also receive regular commissions from the BBC for magazine work, and have recently completed a range of ceramics and toys for Whittard of Chelsea, UK.

After spending a couple of years living in Italy, I now reside in Godalming, working from a studio so messy it would turn any mother's hair white.

Client List

Scholastic, USA.
Harcourt Brace, USA.
Houghton Mifflin, USA.
McGraw Hill, USA.
School Zone Publishing, USA.
Reader's Digest, USA.
Scott Foresman, USA.
The Quarasan Group, USA.
Morgan Cain, USA.
MacMillan, USA.
Leap Frog Schoolhouse, USA.
Kirchoff / Wohlberg, USA.
BBC Worldwide, UK.
Bloomsbury, UK.
Harper Collins, UK.
Heinemann, UK.
Whittard of Chelsea, UK.
The Brownie Association, UK.
Oxford University Press, UK.
Scholastic, UK.
Piccadilly Press, UK.