Meet the author

Matthew Holm.

Illustrator · United States

Matthew Holm: American illustrator and co-creator (with Jennifer L. Holm) of Babymouse, Squish and Sunny — bright, gag-paced early graphic novels for ages 6–10.

Matthew Holm is an American cartoonist who, with his sister Jennifer L. Holm as writer, co-created the long-running Babymouse and Squish early-graphic-novel series, bright, pink-and-black gag-paced comics about an irrepressible imaginative mouse (Babymouse) and a phlegmatically optimistic amoeba (Squish). The Babymouse books have been a US elementary-school staple for over fifteen years. Matthew also illustrates the Sunny graphic-novel series (also with Jennifer). His style is clean, character-led and densely jokey, with strong appeal for ages 6–10, particularly for emerging graphic-novel readers transitioning from picture books.