Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips i>The Little Asshole/i> and i>Adolf /i>and his novels include the cult bestseller i>The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear/i>, i>The City of Dreaming Books,/i> i>The Alchemaster's Apprentice /i>and i>The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books/i>. He lives in Hamburg.