Chris Riddell
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Chris Riddell OBE (/rɪdˈɛl/ rid-EL) (born 13 April 1962) is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. He has won three Kate Greenaway Medals - the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book,[1][2] and two of his works were commended runners-up, a distinction dropped after 2002.[3][lower-alpha 1]
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Chris Riddell | |
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Born | (1962-04-13) 13 April 1962 (age 62) Cape Town, South Africa |
Occupation | Illustrator, author, political cartoonist |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Brighton Polytechnic |
Genre | Children's |
Spouse | Joanne Burroughes |
Children | 3 |
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Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times.[4] On 9 June 2015, he was appointed the UK Children's Laureate.[5]