Tohby Riddle is the creator of numerous well-loved picture books, two cartoon collections and a novel, The Lucky Ones. He is also the illustrator of the multi-award-winning Word Spy books and the artist and co-writer of the cult comic Ernest the Carrot. His latest book, due for release in September 2012, is an ambitious 128-page picture book titled Unforgotten. Tohby has won awards for literature and design and held recent residencies at the Edinburgh International Book Festival; Arthur Boyd's estate, Bundanon; and The University of Melbourne. His picture book The Great Escape from City Zoo is featured in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up, and feature film rights for it were sold in Hollywood. For nearly ten years Tohby was the cartoonist for Good Weekend magazine (the Saturday magazine of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age) and he is also a former editor of the The School Magazine, a literary magazine for children published continuously since 1916. For more information visit www.tohby.com
