Miles McMullan was born in Belfast in 1967. He studied Art and Design at University of Ulster, and Humanities at Trinity College, Dublin. He has lived most of his life in the American tropics, working as a bird guide and naturalist. Titles that he has written and illustrated include The Field Guide of the Birds of Colombia, Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador, Field Guide to the Hummingbirds and Field Guide to the Galapagos Islands, as well as over 30 other regional guides.