Shirley Hughes

Shirley Hughes

CBE
Hughes in 2011
Hughes in 2011
BornWinifred Shirley Hughes
(1927-07-16)16 July 1927
West Kirby, England
Died25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 94)
London, England
OccupationIllustrator, writer
Period1960–2022
GenreChildren's literature, picture books
Notable works
Notable awardsKate Greenaway Medal
1977, 2003
Spouse
John Vulliamy
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(m. 1952; died 2002)​
Children3

Winifred Shirley Hughes CBE (16 July 1927 – 25 February 2022) was an English author and illustrator. She wrote more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies, and illustrated more than two hundred.[1][2][3][4]

Hughes won the 1977 and 2003 Kate Greenaway Medals for British children's book illustration.[4][5][6] In 2007, her 1977 winner, Dogger, was named the public's favourite winning work of the award's first fifty years.[7][8] She won the inaugural BookTrust lifetime achievement award in 2015.[9] She was a recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. She was a patron of the Association of Illustrators.[10]

  1. ^ Shirley Hughes – Penguin UK Authors Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Random House profile. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  3. ^ Times Online: It's all about Alfie[dead link]. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
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  9. ^ Emily Drabble, Shirley Hughes: I hope books survive, they are wonderful pieces of technology, The Guardian, 6 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Association of Illustrators". Archived from the original on 12 July 2016.