Chris Riddell

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Christopher Riddell (born 13 April 1962) is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books, as well as a Observer political cartoonist.

He has received three Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarian's annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his books have been named runner-up, a distinction that has been deprived since 2002.

He wrote or illustrated three books and has been named in three Nestlé Smarties Book Awards, as well as gold or bronze runners-up four times.

He was named the UK Children's Laureate on June 9, 2015, on June 9, 2015.

Life

Chris Riddell was born in 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was a "liberal Anglican vicar" and was opposed to the apartheid ideology. When Chris was one year old, the family returned to Britain, where he spent the remainder of his childhood with his sister and three brothers, who now reside in South Africa, Brighton, and Egypt. He attended Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School in Kennington. Chris showed artistic promise from an early age and was encouraged by his mother to participate in this endeavor. (She gave him paper and pen to keep quiet during his father's sermons) He adored Sir John Tenniel's work as an infant, as well as W. Heath Robinson, the first illustrator of Alice in Wonderland and W. Heath Robinson. He studied illustration at Brighton Polytechnic, and one instructor was Raymond Briggs, a first winner of two Greenaway Medals.

Riddell began as an illustrator at The Economist in the 1980s and at the Observer in 1995.

Tenniel and E. H. Shepard, the first illustrator of The Wind in the Willows and Winnie the Pooh, was named as influences in 2002.

Riddell and his partner, Joanne Burroughes, an illustrator and print-maker, live in Brighton with three children as of 2019. They now have a second home in rural Norfolk, where Joanne comes from. Katy Riddell's daughter is also an children's book illustrator, with Pongwiffy by Kaye Umansky.

Rick Riddell, a secondary teacher at the Alice Smith School, died in February 2012.

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Career

The Edge Chronicles (from 1998), a children's book collection cowritten with Paul Stewart and illustrated by Riddell alone, is one of Riddell's most notable books. The books, which take place in "The Edge," have been praised for Chris's exquisite line drawings and the uniqueness of their collaborative writing process.

Riddell's illustration work was commended for the 1994 Kate Greenaway Medal (Something Else by Kathryn Cave), and he was highly praised for 1999 (Castle Diary by Richard Platt).

He was given the 2001 Medal for illustrating Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Platt. When he talked with author Richard Platt about the difficult requirements of historical accuracy, Pirate Diary became the first "information book" to win the Medal since 1975 and "a fictionalized account." "Everything I was so excited about was shot down." There are no parrots, eye-patches, or wooden legs on board. "Thank God there were guns and amputations!" Riddell was quoting Riddell). (Platt continued the Diary series with illustrator David Parkins after Castle Diary and Pirate Diary).

Riddell won the Greenaway again three years later, this time for his role on Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver" (Walker, 2004), a retold story by Martin Jenkins from Gulliver's Travels in 1726. "Gulliver is a tour de force," the panel chair explained. Chris Riddell has produced 144 pages of brilliant, faultless illustrations that continually raise the text's volume. Our winning title also shows that today's picture books are not only for children's age groups, but also a vital source of pleasure and education for readers of all ages. (The 2001 and 2004 panels recommended Pirate Diary and Gulliver for readers aged 8-10, as well as 13 other shortlisted titles, ranging from 2+ to 7+.)

Fergus Crane, Corby Flooding, and Hugo Pepper are among Chris Riddell's illustrated books, which are set in the same world. Paul Stewart co-authored these books. Stewart and Riddell also collaborated on Muddle Earth and the Barnaby Grimes series with him. Riddell has written and illustrated the Ottoline series, which was written while visiting his brother in Malaysia on holiday. The first book, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, won the final Smarties Award in the age group 6–8 years (the Smarties were outlawed in 2008). It has been closely followed by Ottoline Goes to School and Ottoline at Sea.

Riddell, a well-known political cartoonist and a savvy political cartoonist, has earned him a reputation as a renowned political cartoonist and a vivacious political commentator on London's political scene. Chris spent time at the Economist as an illustrator and occasional cover artist before working at the Observer.

Chris Riddell is the cover artist for the Literary Review magazine, which was previously edited by Auberon Waugh, who took over from Willie Rushton. "Illustration to Unwritten Books," Chris' serial gag cartoon for this magazine, "Illustration to Unwritten Books," was released in book form as "The Da Vinci Cod and Other Illustrations to Unwritten Books.

Riddell's Christmas book "Moz the Monster" was widely distributed in November 2017. Mr Underbed had publicly accused department store chain John Lewis of plagiarizing portions of his 1986 picture book Mr Underbed's Christmas book "Moz the Monster." The chain denied the charges, arguing that the suggestion of a monster under a child's bed was a common literary trope and that both books had dissimilar plots. The row reignited interest in the novel, with copies selling out of stores quickly.

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