Bruce Whatley

Illustrator Bruce Whatley is the author/illustrator of many popular and award-winning books, including The Teddy Bears' Picnic, The Night Before Christmas, Diary of a Wombat, The Ugliest Dog in the World, Captain Pajamas, and Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase. He lives on a small farm in Australia with his wife and often co-author, Rosie Smith, two grown-up children, seven cows, one rabbit, and a very ugly dog.