John Canty is also the author-illustrator of the companion picture books Heads and Tails and Heads and Tails: Insects. He loves design, books, art, drawings, paintings, watercolors, printmaking, the country, cows, the wild ocean, architecture, beautiful writing, whippets, music, violins, croissants, pizzas, French movies, Italian food, Scandinavian design, fast computers, slow food, coffee, and beautiful Melbourne, Australia, which he calls home.