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Colas Gutman is the author of the Chien Pourri series (translated into Scottish Gaelic and published by Belle Kids, Scotland). Born in Paris in 1972 Colas writes his novels in exactly the same place he worked on his homework as a young boy: stretched out on his bed or perhaps lounging in a chair with a comic book to rest on.  Gutman explores childhood and adolescence in his work, with all of the lightness, angst, surrealism and weirdness of that age.  In 2013 he invented the endearing character Chien Pourri.  The series has been a huge success in France right from the start leading to many volumes and an animated series.  Marc Boutavant is the illustrator of Chien Pourri series.  Born in Dijon, France in 1970, Marc Boutavant is an award-winning illustrator.  For years he has drawn for picture books and comics and he has been commissioned to produce illustrations for newspapers and journals.  His cartoons and picture books have made him a widely sought after illustrator.  Boutavant's lively and expressive illustrations appeal to both children and their parents as they are playful, probing and completely endearing.  His characters have won the hearts of French children everywhere and are now being enjoyed the world over.  Boutavant lives and works in Paris.

"There's more than a hint of Lemony Snicket's dark hilarity in Gutman's writing."Jenny Rosenstrach, The New York Times