Eric Puybaret

Éric Puybaret studied at the École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs in Paris, where he specialized in illustration. In 1999, he was an award winner at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and published his first book, Au pays de l’alphabet (In the Land of the Alphabet), with Gautier-Languereau that same year. Three years later, with the same publisher, he released Cache-Lune (Moon-Hider), his first bestseller as a full-fledged author-illustrator. Since then, he has written and illustrated some fifty children’s books in France and abroad. In addition to France, the artist has enjoyed widespread success in the United States, where he has published numerous books. His bestseller Puff, the Magic Dragon has sold over one million copies there. His books are also very popular in Spain, Italy, and Korea. In 2018, he illustrated Les Contes du réveil matin (The Morning Alarm Clock Tales), based on a text by Michel Bussi. Then, in 2022, he published his very first comic book as a full-fledged author with Les Antres (The Lairs), published by Delcourt.