Chris Riddell, OBE (born 13 April 1962), is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. Books he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times.[3]
He became the first ever triple winner of the Greenaway Medals in 2016.[4]
In 2018, he illustrated the UK version of the Illustrated Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.[5]
Notable awards[]
- Kate Greenaway Medal winner
- Pirate Diary, written by Richard Platt[6] (2001)
- Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver", adapted by Martin Jenkins[7] (2004)
- The Sleeper and the Spindle, written by Neil Gaiman[4] (2016)
- Runners-up, etc.
- Greenaway Medal
- Greenaway shortlist
- The Emperor of Absurdia[9] (2007)
- Ottoline and the Yellow Cat[9] (2008)
- The Graveyard Book Children's Edition, written by Neil Gaiman[9] (2010)
Selective gallery[]
External links[]
- Chris Riddell's official Twitter
- Chris Riddell's official Facebook
- Chris Riddell's official Instagram
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "Chris Riddell, illustrator, author and political cartoonist" - BBC Radio 4
- ↑ The Edge Chronicles - About the creators
- ↑
Chris Riddell on Wikipedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2016 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Winners Revealed", CILIP (20 June 2016). Retrieved on 20 June 2016.
- ↑ News: "New covers and artwork for Beedle the Bard Illustrated Editions revealed" at Pottermore (Archived)
- ↑ Greenaway Winner 2001 (Archived)
- ↑ Greenaway Winner 2004 (Archived)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Kate Greenaway Medal" 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) (Archived) - According to CCSU, some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Press Desk (directory). CILIP. Retrieved 14 July 2012. (Archived) Quote: "media releases relating to the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards in date order." (2002 to 2006 releases concern 2001 to 2005 awards.)
- ↑ https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard-illustrated-edition-9781408898673/