Davies is also a children’s book author and illustrator, currently publishing with the Macmillan imprint Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press. Born in London, England, in 1966, Davies moved to the United States in 1983. He studied illustration and fine art at both the Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He began drawing editorial cartoons full-time for The Journal News in Westchester County, N.Y., in 1993, and in 2009 started drawing for the Hearst Newspaper Group in Connecticut.