René Gouichoux was born in Brest‚ France in 1950. A primary school teacher since 1970‚ he published his first picture book in 1988 (Ma première rentrée‚ Une aventure de Steven Granpaloup). To date‚ he has published all together more than sixty books for Éditions Nathan‚ Milan‚ Bayard‚ Casterman‚ Flammarion‚ Albin–Michel‚ Hatier‚ Lito‚ Coop–Breizh‚ as well as for the Atelier du Poisson Soluble.