Elys Dolan
Academic and children's book writer and illustrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elys Dolan is a children's book writer and illustrator, and lecturer at the Cambridge School of Art.[1] She came in second for the Macmillan Prize for Children's Picture Book Illustration as a student.[2] She won the Zena Sutherland Award for Excellence in Children's Literature 2015.[3] Her books are typically humorous,[4] and she illustrates primarily with ink.[5]
Dolan's first book, Weasles (2013), was praised for its humour and for the wide age range to which it appealed.[6] It was shortlisted for the 2013 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Her book Doughnut of Doom (2016) attracted controversy in 2018 over its treatment of food allergies.[7] The main character, a peanut butter sandwich, saves the town by causing the villain, a giant doughnut, to have an allergic reaction. In response to complaints, the publisher Nosy Crow recalled and destroyed all copies of the book it was sent.[8] Dolan subsequently revised the book, changing the story and some parts of the art to remove references to allergies, and a new version was published in 2019.[9]
Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory won Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book at the 2018 LOLLIES awards.[10] The book has been described as "political" and pro-union.[11] How the Borks Became (2019), illustrated by Dolan and written by Jonathan Emmett, won Best Early Years Book in the STEAM Children's Book Prize for educating children about evolution.[12]
Other works include Super Snail, The Haunted Farm, Steven Seagull, Nuts in Space, Knighthood for Beginners, and others.[4][13]
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Dolan has a BA in Fine Art, an MA Children's Book Illustration, and a Ph.D. in Children's Book Illustration (awarded 2020) from the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University.
Dolan collects pocket watches.[14] She is partially deaf.[3]
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