Douglas Holgate is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling series The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier, as well as the Planet Tad series, the Cheesie Mack series, and many other books for young readers. He has illustrated countless comics, as well as the graphic novels Wires and Nerve, Volume One by Marissa Meyer and Clem Hetherington and the Ironwood Race, cocreated with writer Jen Breach. Douglas lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his family and a large dog who is possibly part polar bear.