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Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Genre | Children's literature, horror |
Chris Priestley (born 1957) is a British children's book author and illustrator. He lives in Cambridge, England. [1]
Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper's story-writing competition. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic,[ citation needed] leaving in 1980 to freelance in London.
He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer. He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others.[ citation needed]
He has produced several strip cartoons - Bestiary for The Independent on Sunday (with Chris Riddell), Babel for The Observer, 7:30 for 8:0 for The Independent and Payne’s Grey for the New Statesman. From 1990 to 1996 he was a weekly cartoonist on The Economist, and from 1996 to 1998 a daily cartoonist on The Independent. [2]
His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at the Eastern Open and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, both in 2013.[ citation needed]
In 2000 he published his first children's book, Dog Magic. [3]
In 2004, Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in the US, [4] and in 2006, Redwulf's Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship won a CPNB Vlag and Wimpel in 2010 for the Dutch translation. [5]
The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011. [6]
Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009.
Mister Creecher won the BASH (Book Award St Helens) in 2012. [7]
Priestley has also written for radio, contributing two stories to the BBC Radio 2 It's Grimm Up North collection of Brothers Grimm updates, transmitted on Christmas Eve 2012. [8]
Chris Priestley | |
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Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Genre | Children's literature, horror |
Chris Priestley (born 1957) is a British children's book author and illustrator. He lives in Cambridge, England. [1]
Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper's story-writing competition. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic,[ citation needed] leaving in 1980 to freelance in London.
He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer. He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others.[ citation needed]
He has produced several strip cartoons - Bestiary for The Independent on Sunday (with Chris Riddell), Babel for The Observer, 7:30 for 8:0 for The Independent and Payne’s Grey for the New Statesman. From 1990 to 1996 he was a weekly cartoonist on The Economist, and from 1996 to 1998 a daily cartoonist on The Independent. [2]
His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at the Eastern Open and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, both in 2013.[ citation needed]
In 2000 he published his first children's book, Dog Magic. [3]
In 2004, Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in the US, [4] and in 2006, Redwulf's Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship won a CPNB Vlag and Wimpel in 2010 for the Dutch translation. [5]
The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011. [6]
Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009.
Mister Creecher won the BASH (Book Award St Helens) in 2012. [7]
Priestley has also written for radio, contributing two stories to the BBC Radio 2 It's Grimm Up North collection of Brothers Grimm updates, transmitted on Christmas Eve 2012. [8]