Eric Hill published his first Spot title, Where's Spot?, in 1980 and was the pioneer of lift-the-flap books. He is now the author of over 50 Spot books in various formats including sticker books, noisy books and lift-the-flap story books and there are 40 million Spot books in print in 60 countires around the world. Eric works from his home in Massachussetts, USA.