Niki Daly is a children's author and illustrator with a high international reputation. He has received awards from the ALA and IBBY, and has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He is married to fellow-author Jude Daly, and they live in South Africa. The first two books in the Lolo series are Here Comes Lolo and Hooray for Lolo!, published by Otter-Barry Books in 2019.