Russell Ayto is the illustrator of The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill. He is also the illustrator of such children's picture books as Quacky Quack-Quack! and Whiff, both by Ian Whybrow, and The Witch's Children and The Witch's Children and the Queen, both by Ursula Jones. He lives in Cornwall, England, with his wife and three children.