Chris Riddell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Chris Riddell

British illustrator and cartoonist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: writer, illustrator, cartoonist, editorial cartoonist, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Chris Riddell, ( rid-EL) (born 13 April 1962) is a British 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.
Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times.
On 9 June 2015 he was appointed the UK Children's Laureate.