Jules Faber: Australian illustrator, cartoonist and author chats about his creepy compilation of short stories - that even his mother couldn't read - working with Disney on The Proud Family, and creating stories for children.

A great Aussie bloke, Jules talks to us about his career, the writing process and how to engage children in stories, he should know he has illustrated a number of children's books such as the WeirDo series with Anh Do, The Kaboom Kid with cricketer David Warner, the Leo Da Vinci series with Michael Pryor and the Helix series with Damian Posner.

Did you know Jules won the Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards with Anh Do for the first WeirDo book in 2014? They also won Best Designed Book for Children and Best Cover at the Australian Book Design Awards as well as an Honours in the KOALAs 2014. Plus Weirdo 3 has been nominated for three awards in 2015 and David Warner’s Kaboom Kid series has been nominated for Best Designed Series at the ABDAs.

Did you know Jules is also an award-winning cartoonist? He’s won three prizes in the Rotary Cartoon Awards Best Comic Strip category, coming second in 2009 and 2010 before getting first place in 2013.

On top of this, Jules’ talents lie in many fields including: caricature art, realistic illustration, teaching workshops, public speaking, pizza making, animation, writing and wearing sneakers.