Hedley was born in Mauritius of English parents and came to England when he was only a few months old. Growing up in Sussex he spent the first thirty years living around Haywards Heath and Lewes and then moved to Suffolk in 1989 where he now lives with his wife and three dogs. His two children and six grandchildren live in Sussex. Having spent 30 years as an animation director, much of this time working for BBC and Channel 4 Schools Television, Hedley now self-publishes his own children's books on child safety. Some of the BBC programmes he worked on included โOn The Roadโ, โThe Worm That Turnedโ, โVision Onโ, โYou and Meโ, โWords and Picturesโ, โWords and Pictures Plusโ, โWriting and Picturesโ, โStorytimeโ, โLe Club - Les Aventures de Globoโ, and โWatchโ. Channel 4 credits include โMaths Mansionโ, โRat-a-Tat-Tatโ, โWord Machineโ, and โArts Cartโ.