Ross Collins has illustrated over 130 books for children and written about a dozen or so. Children in over 25 countries seem to enjoy them. Ross has won many awards including the UKLA Award, the CILIP Amnesty Honour, and the Scottish Children's Book Award. He has been shortlisted twice for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Ross' book, The Elephantom, was adapted into a critically acclaimed play by the National Theatre. Ross lives in Scotland with a strange woman and a hairy boy.