Kev Hopgood is a children's illustrator and comic book artist. He's worked on a wide variety of titles including 2000 AD, Games Workshop and Doctor Who. His most well-known work is Iron Man for Marvel comics, where he co-created the character War Machine.

One project he is working on this year is The Colony by Tommy Donbavand, a graphic novel where genetically modified ants have turned the human race into slaves and, even worse, food! Written and illustrated for HiLo readers with an interest age of 11-13 years, a reading age of 7.5-8 years and with a word count of 500-750, girls and boys will be swarming to get their hands on this captivating book!