Alex Paterson is a British illustrator living in Shakespeare's town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. (Shakespeare loved a good fart joke). Alex has illustrated over seventy books including ...view moreAlex Paterson is a British illustrator living in Shakespeare's town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. (Shakespeare loved a good fart joke). Alex has illustrated over seventy books including Treasure Island, Oliver Twist and The Faraway Tree. In previous lives he was an army officer and a Jungle leader.view less