Walid Taher is an author, designer of children’s stories, visual artist, and illustrator. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts college in 1992, Department of Decoration, Division of Expressive Arts, and a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Fine Arts.  He has been a painter for numerous Egyptian newspapers and publications since 1990. He is also an author and illustrator for children's works with more than 70 children’s book under his belt in cooperation with Egyptian, Arab, and European publishing houses. He won many international awards in this field from Egypt, Italy, the UAE, and Lebanon. His book A Black Dot won the Etisalat Award in its second edition, and his book Seven Lives was nominated in the long list of the Sheikh Zayed Award in its seventh edition (2012). While his book The Island of Barakat the Sailor was nominated for the Etisalat Award – Best Directing Category in 2019. He has managed and was a part of many solo and group exhibitions in Egypt, France, and Germany.