Jez alborough biography of barack

SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Personal

Born November 13, 1959, in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; son of John Warmen (an accountant) and Cecily (a librarian; maiden name, Gathercole) Alborough; married Rikke Buhl (a therapist), July 18, 1987.

Education: Norwich School of Art, degree in graphic design, 1981. Religion: "I am religious but have no religion."

Addresses

Home— 24-26 Nottingham House, Shorts Gardens, London WC2H 9AX, England.

Career

Writer and illustrator.

Awards, Honors

Runner-up, Mother Goose Award, 1985, for Bare Bear; Graphics for Children Prize (with others), Bologna Children's Book Fair, 1987, for The Great Games Book; highly commended book citation, Kate Greenaway Medal, British Library Association, 2002, for Fix-It Duck.

Writings

FOR CHILDREN; SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Bare Bear, Knopf (New York, NY), 1984.

Running Bear, Knopf (New York, NY), 1985.

Willoughby Wallaby, Walker Books (London, England), 1986.