Jez Alborough

Jez Alborough grew up in Kingston-upon-Thames and loved drawing and painting from an early age and always wanted to be an artist. After college Jez found some work doing editorial illustrations for magazines and realised that he could illustrate his own stories. Jez has written and illustrated over forty picture books; including the Eddy and the Bear series (WHERE'S MY TEDDY, IT'S THE BEAR and MY FRIEND BEAR) which were turned into a Bafta award winning television series, the bestselling Bobo...See more

Jez Alborough grew up in Kingston-upon-Thames and loved drawing and painting from an early age and always wanted to be an artist. After college Jez found some work doing editorial illustrations for magazines and realised that he could illustrate his own stories. Jez has written and illustrated over forty picture books; including the Eddy and the Bear series (WHERE'S MY TEDDY, IT'S THE BEAR and MY FRIEND BEAR) which were turned into a Bafta award winning television series, the bestselling Bobo books (HUG, TALL and YES) and the DUCK IN THE TRUCK series. See less