Chris Priestley

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Chris Priestley
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Born1958 (age 66–67)
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]

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Biography and career

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]

Bibliography

Tales of Terror

Tom Marlowe Adventures

 “ flesh and blood “(2017

References

  1. ↑ "Chris Priestley Books".
  2. ↑ "British Cartoon Archive: Chris Priestley". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Booktrust: About the Author Chris Priestley".
  4. ↑ "2004 Edgar Awards". 28 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Onkel Montagues Schauergeschichten". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tales of Terror".
  7. ↑ "Book Awards". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "It's Grimm Up North". Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Tales of Terror".


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