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name: Tom McLaughlin
about: I write pictures and doodle words for Bloomsbury, Puffin, Oxford University Press, Simon &amp; Schuster, Scholastic, The Guardian, Disney, Nickelodeon. After leaving art college in ’97, I spent nearly 10 years as a political cartoonist for The Western Morning News before going freelance.I’ve been published both as a writer and an illustrator for a number of publishers, had my books translated across Europe and South America. Apart from publishing, I’ve also spent time script writer and a character designer for several animation channels.I live in Devon, spend most of my days drinking tea and dreaming up new stories.