Mick Inkpen (born 22 December 1952) is a British author and illustrator. He is best known for his creations

Kipper the Dog Kipper the Dog is a character in a series of books for preschool-age children by British writer Mick Inkpen. The books consist of 34 titles (as of July 2005), which have sold over 8 million copies and have been translated into over 20 language ...

and

Wibbly Pig Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for young children, written and illustrated by English author and illustrator Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as ''Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas'' () and ''Is It Bedtime Wibb ...

Background

Inkpen was born on 22 December 1952 in

Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romford ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England. He was educated at

Royal Liberty School The Royal Liberty School is a secondary school for boys aged 11 to 16, located in Gidea Park in the London Borough of Havering, England. The school is situated on Upper Brentwood Road about 400 metres north of Gidea Park railway station, and ...

Gidea Park Gidea Park () is a neighbourhood in the east of Romford in the London Borough of Havering, south-east England. Predominantly affluent and residential, it was historically within the county of Essex and saw significant expansion in the early 20t ...

. He is a friend of

Nick Butterworth Nick Butterworth (born 24 May 1946) is a British author and illustrator of children's books. His picture book ''The Whisperer'' won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2005. His Percy the Park Keeper books became an animated television series of ...

, who also grew up in Romford, and they collaborated on the 1990 book ''Wonderful Earth''.

Awards

Inkpen has won numerous awards worldwide including The British Book Award for ''Lullabyhullabaloo'' and ''Penguin Small'', The Children's Book Award for ''Threadbear'', The Parents and Munch Bunch Play and Learn Award and The Right Start Petit Filous Best Toy Award for ''Where, Oh Where is Kipper's Bear?''. He received the Children's Book Award for the 1991 work ''Threadbear''. Kipper won a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998, and Kipper's A to Z won the silver medal in the 2001 Smarties Prize.

Selected works

*''What For'' (1975)

Television series

* ''

Kipper A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering wood chips (typically oak). In the United Ki ...

'' (1997–2001) * ''

'' (2009-2010) * ''Furry Tales'' (TBA) – a collection of

Fairy tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic (paranormal), magic, incantation, enchantments, and mythical ...

s using

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...

animals (instead of humans)

References

*''Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers''. Thomson Gale, 2005.

External links

Official siteIMDB profileJubilee Books biography
1952 births Living people English children's writers English illustrators People educated at the Royal Liberty Grammar School People from Romford {{UK-child-writer-stub