With a college education in graphic design and cartooning, Éric Péladeau has been working as a freelancer in multimedia, graphic design and illustration for over 15 years. To date, he has published some fifteen books, illustrated nearly a hundred others for several publishers, and contributed to various magazines as a writer and illustrator. In 2017, three years after returning to school, he completed a bachelor's degree in art and design with a concentration in comics. Le secret de Saint-Onitague (Ma vie de zombie, tombe 1) is his first book for Bayard Canada.