Robin Lawrie
, b. 1945
Robin Lawrie is a Scottish-born artist and children's illustrator who grew up in Canada before returning to the UK as a young adult. As a freelance illustrator, he has worked for many major publishing houses, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Puffin, Harper Collins, Egmont, Scholastic, Usborne, MacMillan. He created the Ridge Riders mountain biking graphic novel series with his wife, the graphic designer Christine Lawrie. His illustrations have encompassed some of the most famous works of children's literature, such as The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. He has illustrated a number of biographies written for children, including those of Napoleon, Sitting Bull, and a series of Scottish racing car drivers.
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Official website (accessed: March 12, 2019)
Bio prepared by Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk
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