Mick Inkpen is an English author and illustrator of children's books best known for his creations Kipper the Dog and Wibbly Pig. Mick was born in Romford, Essex, England in 1952, and educated at Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park. He is a friend of Nick Butterworth, who also grew up in Romford, and they collaborated on the 1990 "Wonderful Earth".