Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the <i>Observer</i>. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. <i>Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse</i> won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, <i>The Emperor of Absurdia</i>, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books,<i> </i>the<i> </i>Scavenger<i> </i>series<i> </i>and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.