Debi Gliori is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the very popular Mr Bear series. She won the Children's Book Award picture book section, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1997. Her backlist in Doubleday/Corgi includes TELL ME SOMETHING HAPPY BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP and THE VERY SMALL. PURE DEAD MAGIC, the start of a series, was her first novel. Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh.
Gliori's spot illustrations are spot-on, and various typefaces and footnotes are used to giggly effect. -- Kirkus Reviews