Bios

Author

Jerry Markison comes from a Liverpool family, but grew up mainly on the Wirral, going to school in Birkenhead.  His parents ran a solicitors' firm in Liverpool City Centre.  He followed them into the law but prefers to spend his time dreaming up rhymes for words like "Fazakerley".  He lives in London with his wife and two littl'uns. 

Illustrator

Dan Archer is a cartoonist currently based at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, USA.  A Cambridge grad, he quickly swapped his mortarboard for the drawing board and has worked for Atlantic and Penguin publishers, The Bookseller, The Other Side Magazine as well as coming runner-up in The Times Young Cartoonist of the Year Award.   You can see more of his work at http://www.archcomix.com.