Sonia Holleyman is a British author and illustrator of several

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. She is best known for writing and illustrating the first

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on which the

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Mona the Vampire ''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram. ...

'' was based, and for creating this animated series with the Montreal-based Cinar (now

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Biography

In 1990, Holleyman began the idea of the ''Mona the Vampire'' universe in her children's book ''

'', which was preceded by ''Mona the Brilliant'' and then ''Mona the Champion''. During the mid- to late 1990s, Holleyman was joined by Hiawyn Oram in writing the next six books in the ''Mona the Vampire'' series. In 1999, Holleyman created the Canadian animated television series ''

'', which became even more successful than the books on which it was based.

Criticism

A 1993 article in ''

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'' described that "Holleyman's illustration style is not unrelated to

Babette Cole Babette Cole (10 September 1950 – 15 January 2017) was an English children's writer and illustrator. Life and career Cole was born on Jersey in the Channel Islands. She attended the Canterbury College of Art (now the University for the Crea ...

's: if Holleyman's compositions are slightly less fluid, she shares Cole's penchant for gangly, wide-eyed eccentrics and vibrant colors, and her work, like Cole's, exudes an irresistibly rakish charm.""Mona the Brilliant"
''

'', June 21, 1993

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holleyman, Sonia Mona the Vampire Year of birth missing (living people) Living people