Eric Hill 

Eric Gordon Hill was an English author and illustrator of children’s picture books, best known for his puppy character named Spot. He started writing about Spot the playful puppy in 1976 for his little son Christopher. In that first book, Spot was hiding behind little flaps which could be lifted by small children, an innovation which he devised....

Eric Gordon Hill was an English author and illustrator of children’s picture books, best known for his puppy character named Spot. He started writing about Spot the playful puppy in 1976 for his little son Christopher. In that first book, Spot was hiding behind little flaps which could be lifted by small children, an innovation which he devised.

The success of his first bestselling lift-the-flap classic Where's Spot? in 1980 convinced him to become a full-time author. Eric Hill’s Spot books have been enjoyed by children around the world ever since, selling over 60 million copies worldwide in over sixty languages.