Mark Sperring

Mark Sperring studied at Bath Academy of Art and Camberwell College of Art before working as a printer and a bookseller, and later becoming a children's book author. Mark is the author of The Shape of My Heart, Snappy Birthday, Dino-Mummy, Dino-Baby, Dino-Daddy, Four Silly Skeletons, I'll Love You Always and Captain McGrew Wants You for His Crew! (Bloomsbury), Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step, Father Christmas on the Naughty Step and How Many Sleeps Till Christmas? (Puffin), Max and the Won’t Go to Bed Show (HarperCollins) and The Sunflower Sword (Andersen). He lives in Bristol.