Peter Ferguson was born in 1968 in Montreal , and grew up there , Calgary and Vancouver. He was kicked out of Fine Arts in cegep, and has been fired from practically every job he's ever had. Since 1996, he's been working as a freelance illustrator and now he's so full of glee that he has to occasionaly be sedated and left in the time-out corner. He goes to the dentist and everything. He has worked for Businessweek, Globe and Mail, Random House, Abram's Books, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster,and Maclean's. He has illustrated 3 children's books and won several industry awards. He now lives in Montreal with his wife and 1 1/2 cats.