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Mick
Inkpen is one of the top-selling picture book artists
and writers in the world. The Kipper, Threadbear
and Penguin Small stories have all sold millions
worldwide. Kipper alone has sold over 6 million books
and is a bestseller in many countries including France,
Germany, Japan and the USA.
Mick
Inkpen was born in Romford in 1952 and still lives in Essex
with his wife Debbie and their two children. Mick is one
of the most popular author/illustrators in the world, his
stories have been translated into over twenty different
languages and his books have sold over 4 million copies.
Kipper, perhaps his most popular character of all, is now
the star of his very own TV series while Wibbly Pig, Penguin
Small and Threadbear continue to delight young readers -
and their parents!
He
began his career as a graphic designer, declining a place
to study English at Cambridge University. During this period
he worked with Nick Butterworth, a fellow children's author,
from whom he learned design and typography. Together they
developed a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express magazine,
later to become a first series of children's picture books.
They also worked in children's television.
In
1989 The Blue Balloon established him as a truly original
voice in children's picture books, by which time Mick and
his wife Debbie had two children of their own. "Without
the experience of having children of my own I doubt that
I would have been capable of writing effectively for children.
And yet it's true that good work really springs from trying
to please yourself"
Mick
has won numerous awards world-wide including The British
Book Award for Penguin Small, The British
Book Award for the best illustrated book, for Lullabyhullabaloo,
The Children's Book Award for Threadbear,
The Parents and Munch Bunch Play and Learn Award
and The Right Start Petit Filous Best Toy Award for
Where, Oh Where is Kipper's Bear? Kipper won
a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998,
and Kipper's
A to Z won
the silver medal in the 2001 Smarties Prize.
Profile
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