Chris Riddell

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Chris Riddell

OBE
A photograph of Chris Riddell's face, smiling
Riddell in 2010
Born (1962-04-13) 13 April 1962 (age 62)
Cape Town, South Africa
OccupationIllustrator, author, political cartoonist
NationalityBritish
Alma materBrighton Polytechnic
GenreChildren's
SpouseJoanne Burroughes
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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][a]

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]

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  5. ^ "Illustrator Chris Riddell named as UK children's laureate". Guardian. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.


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