Giles is the author of many best-selling and award-winning children’s books including Giraffes Can’t Dance, Rumble in the Jungle, Pants and Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs.Giles is also the creator of the stick-man cartoon poet, Purple Ronnie, and of the playful artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton.Giles lives near Oxford with his wife and 4 young children, and has a studio overlooking the sea in Cornwall, where he writes and draws many of his best-known creations.What makes Giles most happy is playing on the beach with his family in the sunshine.