Jo Lodge is an illustrator and a paper engineer. She was greatly influenced by her artistic parents – her mother, Maureen Roffey, an illustrator, and her father Bernard Lodge, a graphic designer. Jo’s sister Katherine Lodge is also a children’s book illustrator and her brother David Lodge is a film director. Jo produced her first six books in 1996 which were published by Rod Campbell. Her boldly coloured animal characters have been used across a range of books. Jo lives in West Sussex with her husband and two sons.