Russell Ayto

Russell Ayto is the illustrator of many children's books, including Whoops!, The Somethingosaur, The Cow That Laid an Egg, and Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. He has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. Before illustrating children's books, he worked for various magazines including Time Out and the Sunday Observer. Russell lives in Cornwall, England, with his family. Henry and the Yeti is the first picture book he has written himself.