Mickey Patel was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator of books and magazines, as well as a painter and designer. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1941 and attended St. Stephen's College in Delhi to study economics. Patel also had a career as an animator and visualizer. As a free-lance artist and cartoonist, Patel produced work for customers like Air India, UNICEF, Oxford University Press, and others, in addition to publications like India Today, Reader's Digest, Business Standard, Hindustan Times, and Illustrated Weekly of India. He was nominated three times (1978, 1984, and 1986) for the UNESCO Noma Concours, which is given for picture book illustrations. His work was displayed in international exhibitions, and he received numerous honours, including that one.