Oliver Jeffers
Author of The Day the Crayons Came Home
About the Author
Oliver Jeffers was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia in 1977. He grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He received a First Class Honors Degree in illustration and visual communication and certificate of foundation studies from the University of Ulster, School of Art and Design in 2001. His show more work has been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Brooklyn Museum, and Gestalten Space in Berlin. He writes and illustrates picture books. His debut book, How to Catch a Star, was published in 2004 and won a Merit Award at the CBI/Bisto Book of Year Awards. His second book, Lost and Found, won the Gold Award at Nestle Children's Book Prize and was developed into an animated short film, which has received over sixty awards including a BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film. His other books include The Incredible Book Eating Boy, The Great Paper Caper, Up and Down, Stuck, This Moose Belongs to Me, Once upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All Letters, The Hueys series and A Child of Books. He has won numerous awards including the Smarties Award, Irish Book of the Year, The Blue Peter Book of the Year, and the 2017 Academy of British Cover Design Award in the Children's category. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Oliver Jeffers
Oliver Jeffers Collection 9 Books Bundles (Day The Crayons Quit,How to Catch a Star,Lost and Found) (2017) 4 copies
Measuring land and sea 1 copy
Green is for Christmas 1 copy
Oliver Jeffers set of 5 Books Includes Up & Down, In & Out, This Moose Belongs To Me, Stuck & How To Catch a Star (2014) 1 copy
The Crayons’ Christmas 1 copy
Associated Works
The illustrators : the British art of illustration 1870-2009 (2009) — Back endpaper illustrator — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1977
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Port Hedland, Australia
- Places of residence
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Education
- University of Ulster
- Occupations
- artist
illustrator
writer
children's book author - Agent
- Paul Moreton
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 15,366
- Popularity
- #1,484
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 670
- ISBNs
- 452
- Languages
- 20
- Favorited
- 9