Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell at lit.cologne in Cologne on March 13, 2009

Christopher Barry Riddell OBE (born April 13, 1962 in South Africa ) is a British draftsman and book illustrator . After studying illustration in Brighton , England , where he still lives today, he illustrated numerous literary works, including several books by Terry Pratchett , with his characteristic drawings. He also works alternately with colleagues as a political cartoonist for the renowned British daily newspaper The Guardian .

Since 2001, Riddell has worked with writer Paul Stewart on several works, including The Cliff Country Chronicles and The Heroes of Muddy Earth .

At the turn of the year on December 31, 2018, he was honored by the British Queen as Officer of the Order of the British Empire .

Works (selection)

Chris Riddell will present a drawing of the fictional character Twig at lit.cologne in Cologne on March 13, 2009

The Cliff Country Chronicles

Main article: Cliff Country Chronicles

• Volume 1: Twig in the Dark Forest . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2001) - ISBN 978-3-7941-4744-1
• Volume 2: Twig at the Sky Pirates . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2001) - ISBN 978-3-7941-4745-8
• Volume 3: Twig in the Eye of the Storm . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2002) - ISBN 978-3-7941-4746-5
• Volume 4: Twig curse over Sanktaphrax . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2003) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6003-7
• Volume 5: Rook and Twig, the last sky pirate . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2004) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6022-8
• Volume 6: Rook and the Black Maelstrom . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2005) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6039-6
• Volume 7: Rook in the Free Valleys . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2006) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6064-8
• Volume 8: Quint and the Ice Knights . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2006) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6079-2
• Volume 9: Quint and the Battle of the Sky Galleons . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2007) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6092-1
• Volume 9 1/2: The Missing Scrolls . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2009) - ISBN 978-3-7941-8080-6
• Volume 10: The Book of Immortal Heroes . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2010) - ISBN 978-3-7941-8098-1

Crazy adventures

• Fergus Crane on Fire Island . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2006) - ISBN 3-7941-6057-6
• Lucy Sky on the high seas . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2007) - ISBN 3-7941-6058-4
• Hugo Pepper and the flying sleigh . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2007) - ISBN 978-3-7941-6059-4

Ottoline

This is the first series that Chris Riddell has both written and illustrated.

• Ottoline and the yellow cat . Verlag Sauerländer (2008) - ISBN 3-7941-6123-8
• Ottoline and the school ghost . Verlag Sauerländer (2009) - ISBN 3-7941-6151-3

Barnaby Grimes

• Barnaby Grimes - The Curse of the Werewolf . Verlag Sauerländer (2008) - ISBN 3-7941-8077-1
• Barnaby Grimes - The Return of the Emerald Skull . Verlag Sauerländer (2009) ISBN 3-7941-8078-X
• Barnaby Grimes - The Legion of the Dead. Verlag Sauerländer (2010)
• Barnaby Grimes - The Phantom's Revenge. Verlag Sauerländer (2011)

picture books

• Somehow different . Verlag Oetinger (Düsseldorf, 1994) - ISBN 3-7891-6352-X
• Will you miss me Tree house media (2000) - ISBN 3-8315-0167-X
• A present for you . Tree House Media (2001) - ISBN 3-8315-0168-8
• A wish for rabbit . Treehouse Media (2001) - ISBN 3-909484-72-7
• Can you remember? Treehouse Media (2002) - ISBN 3-8315-0315-X
• The Prince of Elsewhere . Verlag Sauerländer (Düsseldorf, 2007) - ISBN 978-3-7941-5168-4
• Wendelin's workshop . Verlag Sauerländer (2008) - ISBN 3-7941-5194-1
• The curse of the spindle. Knesebeck Verlag (2015) - ISBN 978-3-86873-872-8

Awards

• Kate Greenaway Medal , 2001, 2004 and 2016
• Nestlé Smarties Book Prize , 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

In March 2006, Gulliver's Travels was on the list of the top 7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Chris Riddell in the catalog of the German National Library

supporting documents

1. ↑ Queen honors men and women from Brighton and Hove , brightonandhovenews.org of December 30, 2018, accessed January 12, 2020