Chris Riddell

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British illustrator and cartoonist

United Kingdom ArtistsBorn 1962 · age 64

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Chris Riddell is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the Observer.

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A 2023 cartoon by Riddell shortly after the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin is depicted cuddling a Soviet flag and holding a limp anniversary cake; the Grim Reaper perches over his shoulder and tells him "we both know how this ends..."

Awards 5

2016Kate Greenaway Medal

2007Nestlé Children's Book Prize

2004Kate Greenaway Medal

2001Kate Greenaway Medal

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Chris 6

Anthony BrowneAlso won Kate Greenaway Medal

David AlmondAlso won Nestlé Children's Book Prize

Jill MurphyAlso won Nestlé Children's Book Prize

Jon KlassenAlso won Kate Greenaway Medal

Pauline BaynesAlso won Kate Greenaway Medal William NicholsonAlso won Nestlé Children's Book Prize

About this person

Chris Riddell is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. He has won three Kate Greenaway Medals - the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up, a distinction dropped after 2002.

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