Meet the author

Chris Haughton.

Writer & illustrator · Ireland · b. 1978

Chris Haughton: Irish picture-book maker behind A Bit Lost, Oh No George, Shh We Have a Plan and Don't Worry Little Crab — limited-palette, graphically distinctive, giftable favourites for ages 2–6.

Chris Haughton is an Irish author-illustrator born in Dublin in 1978, whose limited-palette, bright-flat picture books have become a fixture of the gift-shelf and read-aloud end of UK and international children's publishing. Best known for A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan, Goodnight Everyone, Don't Worry, Little Crab, and Maybe…. Haughton's style is graphically distinctive, a small core palette of saturated colours, simplified shapes, strong silhouettes, and his stories are funny, gentle and emotionally precise. Multiple Bologna Ragazzi and BookTrust honours. A reliable picture-book maker for ages 2–6 with serious giftability and strong read-aloud bounce.