Mike Byrne grew up on the Wirral near Liverpool before moving to Wales to study Illustration at Glyndwr University. Mike now lives in the countryside with his wife, cat and his two sons where he spends his days doodling and illustrating children's books fuelled only by tea and biscuits. He is the illustrator of Does a Bear Poo in the Woods? and Which Bum's Mum's?, as well as numerous picture books for Scholastic and Macmillan Children's Books.