Richard Fowler is author and illustrator of over fifty children's books. A number of these titles are novelty books for which he does his own paper engineering. He won a scholarship at the age of 13 to the Farnham School of Art in Surrey where he majored in Graphic Design and Illustration. His titles for Doubleday include Mole's Bedtime Story and Ladybird Moves Home. He lives in London and has two grown-up sons.