H. Werner Zimmerman was born in Austria but grew up just outside of Hamilton, Ontario. A professional artist and art teacher, Werner has illustrated eleven picturebooks, four of which he wrote. Besides providing the inspired artwork for Nancy Wilcox Smith's beloved Farmer Joe series, he's illustrated Julie Lawson's Whatever You Do Don't Go Near That Canoe, which earned him a Governor General's Award nomination in 1995.
He now lives in Guelph, Ontario.