Rachel Bright is an English author and illustrator who resides in

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with her partner and two daughters.

Early life and education

Bright grew up in Shropshire. She attended New College, where she concentrated on art; she later trained in graphics at Kingston University. Bright also received a Masters Degree in Printmaking at the

University of the West of England, Bristol The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England. The institution was know as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1970; it received university status in 1992 and ...

Career

After completing her education at Kingston, Bright took on a job as a junior designer at stationers Smythson. She briefly worked as an air hostess with Virgin Atlantic before leaving to focus on her art career. Bright has written and illustrated 24 published books, including the children’s picture book series ''Love Monster''. In 2020 the series was adapted for television as an animated children's show. Bright has written two episodes for the series, "Challenge Yourself Day" and "Lost Things Day". Bright is the author of The Lion Inside series (illustrated by

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) and the Dino Feelings series (illustrated by

Chris Chatterton Chris Chatterton is an English illustrator and animator from County Durham. He is the illustrator of children's picturebooks including Supermarket Gremlins, and Pete's Magic Pants. He was the animation director of two animated episodes of the Do ...

). Her books have sold well over 3 million copies and been translated into over 40 languages. In 2021 Bright published ''Peter Rabbit Head Over Tail'', inspired by

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's character

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, which is illustrated by Nicola Kinnear. Followed by ''Peter Rabbit Hide and Seek'' in 2022, then third story is ''Peter Rabbit Up and Away'' in 2024.

Bibliography

Author

*''The Lion Inside'' - illustrated by Jim Field *''The Koala Who Could'' - illustrated by Jim Field *''The Squirrels Who Squabbled'' - illustrated by Jim Field *''The Way Home for Wolf'' - illustrated by Jim Field *''The Whale Who Wanted More'' - illustrated by Jim Field *''The Worrysaurus'' - illustrated by Chris Chatterton * The stompysaurus - illustrated by Chris Chatterton *''The Hugasaurus'' - illustrated by Chris Chatterton *''Slug in Love'' - illustrated by Nadia Shireen *''FreeRange Freddy'' - illustrated by Izzy Evans *''Side by Side'' - illustrated by Debbie Gliori *''Snowflake in my Pocket'' - illustrated by Yu Rong *''Peter Rabbit Head Over Tail'' - illustrated by Nicola Kinnear *''Peter Rabbit Hide and Seek'' - illustrated by Nicola Kinnear *''Peter Rabbit Up and Away'' - illustrated by Nicola Kinnear

Author and illustrator

*''Love Monster'' *''Love Monster and the Last Chocolate'' *''Love Monster and the Scary Something'' *''Love Monster and the Perfect Present'' *''Love Monster and the Extremely Big Wave'' *''Walter & the No-need-to Worry Suit'' *''Benjamin & the Super Spectacles'' *''All I Want For Christmas'' *''My Sister Is An Alien'' *''Mine'' *''Amazing Daddy'' *''When I’m Bigger Mama Bear'' *''In A Minute, Mama Bear'' *''Love You Hoo''

Awards

*World Book Day illustrator (2013) *Writer for the Carmelite prize (2016) * Oscar’s Book Prize (2017, won - ''The Koala Who Could'') *Nottingham Children’s Book Award - ‘My sister is an Alien’ (won)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bright, Rachel 1979 births Living people Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol Writers from Dorset British women screenwriters 21st-century English women writers English children's book illustrators Alumni of Kingston University Flight attendants