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Chris Riddell
, b. 1962
British illustrator, children’s book writer and political cartoonist. Chris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa and moved to the UK at the age of one. He studied illustration at Brighton Polytechnic and has worked as a political cartoonist for The Economist and The Observer. On 9 June 2015 he was appointed the UK Children's Laureate. His books have won a number of prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. He has collaborated as an illustrator with authors such as Paul Stewart on The Edge Chronicles and Neil Gaiman on The Graveyard Book (2008), The Sleeper and the Spindle (2013), and Fortunately, the Milk... (2013).
Sources:
edgechronicles.co.uk (accessed: September 5, 2019);
goodreads.com (accessed: September 5, 2019);
edgechronicles.co.uk (accessed: September 5, 2019);
goodreads.com (accessed: September 5, 2019).
Bio prepared by Olivia Marsh, University of Cambridge, Olivia.marsh2012@hotmail.co.uk
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