Andrew Cope

Andrew Cope (born 1966) is an English children's author. He has written book series such as Spy Dog, Spy Pups and Spy Cat (Puffin). Andy has also written Raccoon Rampage and Racoon Rampage: The Raid for Harper Collins. Cope was born in Derby in 1966. In addition to writing children's books, he also describes himself as a teacher, trainer and learning junkie. He completed a PhD (Loughborough University, UK) specializing in happiness and flourishing in the workplace. He set up a training company in 2005. 'Art of Brilliance Ltd' delivers a wide range of positive psychology and wellbeing programmes to business and schools around the world. Their flagship programme, 'The Art of Being Brilliant' became a best-selling book in 2012. Andy has written several other books in the wellbeing genre: