Alison Brown grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, and developed her early drawing skills by copying "Peanuts" cartoons from her dad's Sunday newspaper. She studied in Liverpool, and after a wide variety of jobs including selling souvenir busts of the Beatles, she now writes and illustrates full-time. She has written two children's books and illustrated several more, including "I Love You Night and Day" by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, and the forthcoming "Snow Bear" by Tony Mitton.
She lives with her family in Leeds.