Father Christmas on the Naughty Step

Mark Sperring previously worked at a printers and in a bookshop before turning his attention to writing. He is fast becoming an established picture book writer.

Mark is a former Waterstone's bookseller and lives in Bristol.

After studying illustration at Falmouth College of Arts Tom worked as a full-time political cartoonist before he stumbled into the world of animation when he won a bursary to direct his short animated film, The Girl With The Pink Shoes, as part of the Animated Exeter festival. Since then he has gone on to design and create a number of animated TV concepts with Honeycomb Animation. Tom lives in Devon with his wife, two sons and a scruffy cat.