David Lloyd (1) (1945–)

David Lloyd was born in London in 1945 and was educated at Winchester College and Jesus College, Oxford. He was the drummer for a rock ‘n’ roll band, The Blue Monks, from 1966-1968 and then joined the Special Projects Department of Reader’s Digest. In 1974, he left London to travel and worked as a tentman and then as an elephant groom with Gerry Cottle’s Circus and as clown Daffodil with Jolly’s Mini-Circus. Between 1976-1979, he travelled Britain as clown Turkey Sandwich with the original Turkey Sandwich Clown Show.As an artistDavid started writing books for children in 1979 and has since published numerous titles including Hello, Goodbye, The Frog Prince and The Sneeze. He joined Walker Books in 1981 and works as an editor and as the company’s chairman.