Despite what grown-ups like to tell you, not every job is a chore. Just ask Tony Ross. Sleeping late, doodling and travelling for free are all in a hard day's work for the 83-year-old children's illustrator.
He is the creator of classic characters such as Horrid Henry, an adaptation of the Little Princess (which he wrote as well) and, more recently, Dr Xargle.
Ross has also enjoyed the company of some aut hors you might recognise, such as Paula Danziger and Michael Palin. Or his most famous client of all, Roald Dahl. In the 1960s, Ross worked alongside Dahl to publish The Magic Finger and Fantastic Mr Fox.
'I didn't meet him a huge amount but I remember he was sometimes quite grumpy,' Ross says during a phone interview with Young Post from his hometown of Cheshire, England.
'He was very careful about my drawings and looked at each one for a long time, but he didn't worry much about making changes. In fact most of the time, he wanted to talk about airplanes!' While the former pilot talked planes, Ross would talk about his own passion, sailing.
This exploratory streak might explain why Ross is still drawing well past the age most people retire. He keeps his creative juices flowing simply by living.