Patricia Cleveland-Peck lived in France and Ireland before settling in rural Sussex. She has published fourteen children 's books and has also written adult books and plays. She now works as a travel journalist and with a young granddaughter, she returned to the world of children 's books with the bestselling You Can 't Take an Elephant on a Bus . David Tazzyman is the bestselling illustrator of the Mr Gum books (Egmont) which have won a multitude of awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. David grew up in Leicester, and studied illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University. The bestselling You Can 't Take an Elephant on a Bus was his first picture book for Bloomsbury. He lives in Leicestershire with his partner and their three children.