Dan Whisker a self-taught illustrator was previously a member of the British armed forces for several years and then a serving Detective Constable with Kent Police. Dan has now sought a new career in something that he has always dreamed of doing and that is creating art for children's fiction and non-fiction.

Originally born in Essex in 1972, Dan moved to Kent as a child and finally settled in the green and tranquil village of Chartham a stone's throw from Canterbury where he lives with his loving wife of twenty years. He has three teenage children and three small dogs.