Bio

Eric Orchard is an award winning illustrator and cartoonist living in Canada. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he began illustrating stories in grade school. He studied painting and art history at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Eric has illustrated three children's books....His third children's book, 'The Terrible, Horrible, smelly Pirate' was released in the spring of 2008 and was nominated for the Lillian Shepherd memorial award. Eric also illustrated A Forest for Christmas as well as Anything but Hank. In 2008, his work was featured in The Totoro Project charity auction. His work has been recognized in the Spectrum Annual of Fantastic Art and The Society of Illustrators annual exhibit. He also publishes the web comic Harry and Silvio.