Steve Augarde was born in Birmingham, but spent most of his life in the
West Country, working as an illustrator, paper-engineer, and semi-pro
jazz musician. He has written and illustrated over 70 picture-books for
younger children, and has produced the paper-engineering for many
pop-up books, including those by other artists – as well as providing
the artwork and music for two animated BBC television series. His first
book for older children, The Various, won a Silver Smarties Award in
2003. Steve is married with two daughters and lives in Yorkshire.
