Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many award winning books and graphic novels including The Magic of Reality (Richard Dawkins), The Homecoming (Ray Bradbury), Varjak Paw (SF Said), The Savage and Slog's Dad (David Almond), The Fat Duck Cookbook (Heston Blumenthal), What's Welsh for Zen (John Cale), Arkham Asylum (Grant Morrison), Wizard & Glass (Stephen King) and Mr. Punch, Signal to Noise, Coraline and the Newberry and Carnegie Medal winning The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman). His self penned Cages received several awards for best graphic novel. He has also written and illustrated Pictures That Tick (a collection of short comics) and Celluloid (an erotic novel). He has created well over a hundred CD covers for a diverse list of artists including, Michael Nyman, Alice Cooper, Altan, Bill Bruford, Bill Laswell, Tori Amos Frontline Assembly and John Cale, and hundreds of book and comic covers including Neil Gaiman's influential Sandman series. Dave has designed characters for two of the Harry Potter films. He has also directed five short films and two feature films, MirrorMask and Luna. He has exhibited paintings, drawings, photographs and narrative works in America, Europe and Japan.