Born and raised in Leicester, Dave Shelton now lives in Cambridge with his lovely wife, lovely step daughter, lovely dog, and a cat. He likes comics, cricket, crosswords and talking to cartoonists about pens. His slapstick comedy noir comic strip Good Dog, Bad Dog has appeared in The DFC comic, The Phoenix, and the Guardian, and is collected in two books by David Fickling Books. His debut prose novel for children, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, which he also illustrated, was short listed for the Costa prize and the Carnegie medal, and won the Branford Boase award.
Quirky and imaginative . . . a warm and appealing story about the nature of friendship * BookTrust, praise for Dave Shelton * Crackles with energy and anarchic amusement * Crime Review, praise for Dave Shelton * Deliciously funny * The Week Jr, praise for Dave Shelton *