Chris Riddell
Author of Beyond the Deepwoods
About the Author
Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were show more commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Chris Riddell
Neil Gaiman/Chris Riddell 3-Book Box Set: Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk (2013) 409 copies, 8 reviews
The Twig Trilogy: Includes Beyond the Deepwoods, Stormchaser & Midnight Over Sanctaphrax (2003) 54 copies
The Sleep of Reason 6 copies
Møggård 3: Doktor Pjevs af Fniselund 6 copies
Chris Riddell Goth Girl Series 4 Books Bundle Collection (Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death,Ghost of a Mouse,the… (2015) 5 copies
We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Other Festive Poems: Chosen and illustrated by (2022) — Editor and illustrator — 5 copies
The sleep of reason vol. II 2 copies
Timorous Beasts 2 copies
Hats of Norfolk 2 copies
Witchworld 1 copy
Ottolina I Zuta Macka 1 copy
Chris Riddell Goth Girl Collection 4 Books Set (Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, Goth Girl and the Sinister… (2019) 1 copy
The Hats of Norfolk 1 copy
Associated Works
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) — Illustrator, some editions — 39,857 copies, 726 reviews
Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text (1996) — Illustrator, some editions — 4,661 copies, 96 reviews
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World (2018) — Illustrator — 729 copies, 34 reviews
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Russell Brand's Trickster Tales (2014) — Illustrator — 92 copies, 4 reviews
Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life, Death and the NHS (2021) — Illustrator, some editions — 40 copies, 1 review
Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators (2019) — Contributor — 34 copies, 8 reviews
Don't Panic, I'm Islamic: Words and Pictures on How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door (2017) — Contributor — 13 copies
Illustration Magazine, Autumn 2004 Issue 1. A Beggarstaff's Coming To Town (2004) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Riddell, Chris
- Birthdate
- 1962-04-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Places of residence
- Cape Town, South Africa
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK - Education
- Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, Kennington
Brighton Polytechnic - Occupations
- illustrator
cartoonist - Relationships
- Briggs, Raymond (personal tutor|1981-1984)
Burroughes, Joanne (wife)
Riddell, Rick (brother) - Awards and honors
- Children's Laureate (2015-2017)
Philippa Pearce memorial lecture (2017|The age of the beautiful book)
Members
Reviews
(this one is for this version of Coraline only)
I will never get tired of reading this book. It just brings me so much joy. I was truly the thing I needed, just a comfort read at this point. And having Neil read it just takes it to a whole other level. I can't recommend it enough.
I will never get tired of reading this book. It just brings me so much joy. I was truly the thing I needed, just a comfort read at this point. And having Neil read it just takes it to a whole other level. I can't recommend it enough.
A fun read with all sorts of different characters. If I encounter #2 and #3 in the series I will surely read them.
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- Works
- 77
- Also by
- 68
- Members
- 6,520
- Popularity
- #3,767
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 131
- ISBNs
- 454
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 4
And the thing about Munro really bothers me. So, Cecily & everyone thinks he's a dog, and Ottoline doesn't bother to correct them (she did try just once, when first meeting Cecily, but gave up). She lets Munro live in the stables with the other pets. Ok, so, I'm reading along, waiting to see Ottoline come to her senses and get everyone to acknowledge Munro's 'person'-hood and apologize to him. But no, we get to the end, nothing. I glance at the copyright page (at the end) and see that there he is clearly defined as a 'very helpful dog' in the summary! I hope that's an erroneous publisher-provided (or loc provided?) note. But... I do not care enough to read further to find out. Well, maybe I'll pop over to the author's website for a quick look, but that's all.
Anyway, some adults will adore these books. A few children might, too. And I almost feel like I should, but, as I believe I said about the first, they're just too NYRB for me, too fanciful.… (more)