Martin Handford

Martin Handford is a British children's author and illustrator born in London who gained worldwide fame in the mid-1980s for creating the Where's Wally? book series (known as Where's Waldo? in North America). His highly detailed crowd scene illustrations have sold more than 86 million copies in over 33 languages. In 2007, he sold the rights to the series to Entertainment Rights Group for £2.5 million.