David Melling grew up in London and has illustrated for magazines and advertising agencies as well as animated TV and film. He is the creator of the Hugless Douglas series and the picture book The Kiss That Missed, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal. He is the creator of around 150 books, and his work has been translated into more than thirty languages. David Melling lives near Oxford, England, with his wife and their two children.
