Laurent Richard was born in 1972 in Brittany, Saint Brieuc. Illustrator since 1998, he works mainly for the press, and the youth edition. He is a graduate of the Estienne School and the University of Paris I, he taught applied arts a decade. In 2005, one of his paper characters, Bali, appeared on TV screens in France and elsewhere! He lives today in Binic (22), at the edge of the sea where he continues to develop his visual universe.