Jamie Smart won Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024, and his comic book Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-up won Children's Illustrated Book of the Year. He studied art at college for four years, but it was just an excuse to practise drawing animals with boggly-eyes. His comic Fish-Head Steve was the first comic to be shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Jamie has illustrated comics for The Sunday Times, the Dandy and the Beano. His well-loved Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin stories are regularly published in The Phoenix comic, and as bestselling graphic novels. Jamie is also the author of the illustrated middle-grade Flember novels, and the Max & Chaffy comic series for younger readers.