Martin Waddell
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Martin Waddell (born 10 April 1941) is an Irish writer who writes children's books.
He may be best known for the text of picture books featuring anthropomorphic animals, particularly Barbara Firth's Little Bear series (not to be confused with Minarik & Sendak's Little Bear series).
Catherine Sefton, a pen name that is mostly ghost stories and mystery fiction, also wrote for older children.
In a Blue Velvet Dress (1972), Sefton's most popular in WorldCat libraries is the book In a Blue Velvet Dress (1972). In 2004, Waddell received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his "enduring contribution" as a children's writer.
Early life and career
Waddell was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and he spent the majority of his life in Newcastle's neighbor County Down. As an infant, he grew up with a love of animals and often told stories in a lively way. "The love of a tale" and his son "Waddell's" were both inspired by him and the Waddell family's love of story. He aspired to be a footballer at a young age and signed for Fulham F.C. team; Waddell admits he scored a hat-trick on his first appearance in adult football but ended up as a goalkeeper.
Waddell returned to his other passion and began to write as his future did not lie in professional football (he would later combine the two stories in the Napper series of football-centred children's books). He wrote for adults; his first real success was a comedy thriller, Otley, which was turned into a film starring Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider. He wrote books in the late 1960s that reflected on the transition in his native land. His love of storytelling would lead him to write children's books one day.
In 1972, he went to a church to stop some vandals from entering a Donaghadee explosion, which took him years to recover. As an author, nearly all of Waddell's stories are based on events or places in his life. "I've been blown up, drowned, and died as an adult," he said, and I've lived through all of this, so I'm a lucky guy."
The Kurt Maschler Award, AKA the Emil, was awarded to Waddell and Firth for their 1989 book The Park in the Dark. Every year, the award recognises one British "work of imagination for children" in which text and illustrations are embedded so that each enhances and balances the other."
The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award, which is bestowed by the International Board on Books for Young People, is the highest accolade given to a writer or illustrator of children's books. In 2004, Waddell was given the writing award.