Nick Butterworth
Nick Butterworth (* 1946 in Kingsbury , London ) is a British author and illustrator of picture books .
Life
In 1947 his family moved to Romford (then a town in Essex , part of Greater London since 1965 ).
After school he worked as a type designer in various printing houses. His first picture book was published in 1981 and earned him a job as the author of a picture story called Upney Junction on the Sunday Express . He also acted as the presenter of the children's program Rub-a-Dub-Tub on British television.
Butterworth's most famous work is the picture book series Tales from Percy's Park . It has been sold over four million times and is available in fifteen languages. Butterworth's work The Whisperer (original title: The Whisperer ) was honored with the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2005 .
His picture books about the alien Q Pootle 5 were implemented as a television series in 2013 .
Butterworth is married with two children. He and his family live in Suffolk .
Works
- The Whisperer (2005) (Original title: The Whisperer )
- Percy the Park Keeper - One Snowy Night
Awards
- 2002: Albert le Blanc shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal
- 2005: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for The Whisperer
Web links
- Literature by and about Nick Butterworth in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guest blog: Nick Butterworth on the creation of Q Pootle 5 Royal Museums Greenwich website, accessed February 15, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Butterworth, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Batowāsu, N. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British picture book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingsbury , London |