'Praise for The Witch's Dog stories: 'Blending brilliantly paced storytelling with immensely appealing cartoon-style illustrations, these are exactly the kind of stories which inspire children to become readers' -- Scotsman'

Frank Rodgers has written and illustrated a wide range of books for children -- picture books, story books, non-fiction and novels. His children's stories have been broadcast on radio and TV, and he created a sitcom series for CBBC based on his book The Intergalactic Kitchen. As well as the Pirate Penguins series, his work for Puffin includes the Eyetooth books and the bestselling Witch's Dog series. He was an art teacher before becoming an author and illustrator, and lives in Glasgow with his wife. He has two grown-up children.