Chris Riddell
5 stars across 79 books
Chris Riddell BiographyChris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an illustrator and political cartoonist for the
Observer. Many of his children's books have won a number of major prizes including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals.
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His other books include
The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the
Muddle Earth books,
the
Scavenger series
and the
Blobheads series.
Chris was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1962 but moved to England with his family when he was just one. He discovered a love for art and drawing from an early age and went on to study illustration at Brighton Polytechnic. Chris lives in Brighton with his wife and children.
Our favourite Chris Riddell Book CharactersAngus - from
Angus Rides The Goods TrainOttoline - from
Ottoline and the Purple FoxBilly Barnes - from
Bumper BlobheadsAda Goth - from the
Goth Girl series