Karl Binder was born in 1978 and grew up in Daventry before moving to Birmingham in 2000 where he now lives with his wife and two children. He is an author and illustrator, apparently, who spends most of his time as CTO of Solihull based Technology company - stickee technology. He's not won any awards for writing but he's quite pleased with a batting average of just over 60 for the 2017 cricket season.