Lewis Trondheim was born in 1964. In 1990, he was one of the founding members of L'Association, which publishes some of the top European comic artists. The prolific Trondheim has published over thirty-five books across a range of genres. He was made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2005 and was awarded the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2006.