In a previous life, Richard was a copywriter and Creative Director for a large multinational advertising agency. A career that took him across the globe and enabled him to live and work in 7 countries from the UK to Japan. Today, Richard lives with his cross cultural family in a tiny Alpine village high up in the French Alps where cows with bells around their necks outnumber the villagers two to one. When Richard isn’t skiing, pedaling (rather slowly) up a winding mountain road, you’ll find him in a local cafe working on his next children’s picture book.