Mark Burgess (children's author)

For other people named Mark Burgess, see Mark Burgess (disambiguation).

Mark Burgess
Mark Burgess (children's author)
Mark Burgess in 2009
BornMark Simon Burgess
(1957-04-26) 26 April 1957 (age 67)
Chislehurst, England
Pen nameSimon Goswell (two books only)
OccupationArtist, Writer, Computer Programmer
Alma materChrist's Hospital
Slade School of Fine Art, B.A.
Genrechildren's literature
SpouseRosemary J. Benson.
Website
www.markburgess.co.uk

Mark Burgess (born 26 April 1957; pen name Simon Goswell for two books) is best known as an English author and illustrator of children's literature.[1] He has illustrated books by Tony Bradman and Martin Waddell. Among his most recent assignments, he illustrated Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, the authorized sequel of Winnie-the-Pooh.[2]

Burgess also designs greeting cards[3] and is a computer programmer.[4] Additionally, Burgess has colored and adapted the newer editions of various classic children's books that were drawn by the late E. H. Shepard[5] and Peggy Fortnum.[4]

  1. ^ Mark Burgess - Penguin Group (USA) Authors. Penguin Group (USA). Accessed: 6 September 2010.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison "After 80 years, Pooh returns to Hundred Acre Wood in sequel". The Guardian, 10 January 2009
  3. ^ Helwig, David "Big news from White River's favourite SOB." SooToday.com. 15 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b Burgess, Mark. Mark Burgess - Artist and Writer - biography
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference lee2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).