Mark Burgess (children's author)
Mark Burgess | |
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Mark Burgess in 2009 | |
| Born | Mark Simon Burgess 26 April 1957 Chislehurst, England |
| Pen name | Simon Goswell (two books only) |
| Occupation | Artist, Writer, Computer Programmer |
| Alma mater | Christ's Hospital Slade School of Fine Art, B.A. |
| Genre | children's literature |
| Spouse | Rosemary J. Benson. |
| Website | |
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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. 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.
Burgess also designs greeting cards and is a computer programmer. Additionally, Burgess has colored and adapted the newer editions of various classic children's books that were drawn by the late E. H. Shepard and Peggy Fortnum.