Mike Holmes is the author of My Own World (First Second), the artist for Wings of Fire (Scholastic) and Secret Coders (First Second), has drawn for Adventure Time & Bravest Warriors, and was a regular contributor to MAD Magazine. He created the comic strip True Story and the art project Mikenesses. He was born in B.C., raised in Nova Scotia, and now lives in Philadelphia with his wife Meredith and son Oscar.