L. Pichon says that when she was little, she loved to draw, and her mom said she was very good at making a mess (this is still true today).

She kept drawing, went to art school, became a designer and art director at Jive Records, and began to publish children’s books.

After its publication in the U.K., The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award.

L. Pichon lives in Brighton, England, with her family.