David Barrow has an MA from the Cambridge School of Art, where he now teaches. His first book, Have You Seen Elephant?,was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and is a bestseller around the world. Barrow has won the Sebastian Walker award for most promising illustrator and has illustrated and written a number of picture books and illustrated a children's novel. Barrow lives in Northamptonshire, England, with his wife and son.