Robert McConnell is the author of a series of children's picture books, the classics "Norbert Nipkin "and "Norbert Nipkin and the Magic Riddle Stone, Davenport Dumpling, Sarah's Secret, Gobley for Mayor!, Baby Boid, Boid and the Bullies, The Strawberry Jam, Nip and Tuck", and "Perfect Pals". He lives in Toronto.