On graduating from Glasgow School of Art Ross won the MacMillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's illustrated over 140 books for children and written a fair few too. Children in over 25 countries seem to enjoy them.

Some of the glittering awards Ross has won are the UKLA Award, the CILIP Amnesty Honour, The Royal Mail Book Award and the Scottish Children's Book Award. He has been twice short listed for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

The Elephantom was adapted into a critically acclaimed play by the clever National Theatre people who made War Horse.

There’s a Bear on My Chair is an international bestseller, and has developed into a series of books featuring Bear and Mouse.

Ross lives in Scotland, and when he's not creating children's books he enjoys working on character development for animation studios like Laika and Disney, creating theatre campaigns and making a fool of himself in front of children at festivals, schools and libraries.

‘There isn’t an illustrator in Britain who uses a more intelligent visual storytelling language’ TES