Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children.

His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals.

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His previous work for Macmillan includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth and Scavenger series. Chris lives in Brighton with his family.

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the geniuses behind the phenomenally successful The Edge Chronicles, Muddle Earth, Far-Flung Adventures and The Wyrmeweald Trilogy.

They both have hugely successful careers separately, Paul as a writer of children's books and Chris as an illustrator and cartoonist for the New Statesman and the Observer.

They both live in Brighton, where they met picking up their children from school. Together they have sold over three million books worldwide.