Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell | |
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Riddell in 2010 | |
| Born | 13 April 1962 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Illustrator, author, political cartoonist |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Brighton Polytechnic |
| Genre | Children's |
| Spouse | Joanne Burroughes |
| Children | 3 |
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, and two of his works were commended runners-up, a distinction dropped after 2002.
Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. On 9 June 2015, he was appointed the UK Children's Laureate.