Jo Lodge is an illustrator and paper engineer and was greatly influenced by her artistic parents – her mother, Maureen Roffey, an illustrator, and her father Bernard Lodge, a graphic designer.

Jo graduated with a fashion degree from Kingston University and worked for a knitwear company designing their main collection and consulting on projects for Next, Marks & Spencer and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Jo's distinctive bright colours and appealing animal characters have been used across a range of children's books including the Wiggle and Giggle series for Campbell. She lives in West Sussex with her husband and two sons.