Shelley, John

John Shelley was born in Birmingham, England. He became interested in ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 1984 and moved to Tokyo a few years later. Shelley is an authority on late eighteenth-century and Napoleonic military history. He also has a strong interest in underground music, and has been much involved both as event organizer and as an occasional DJ with the dance club scene in Tokyo.John is the illustrator of MVP*, The Secret in the Matchbox, and The Mystery in the Bottle. In addition to his illustrations for children's books in English, he has illustrated a number of Japanese titles, including a four-volume series of Hans Christian Andersen's tales to commemorate the bicentennial of the author's birth. Mr. Shelley lives with his family in Tokyo, Japan