Sue Heap is a British children's book illustrator. She has illustrated over thirty books, some of which she also wrote – including Cowboy Baby, winner of the
Smarties Prize
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Gold Award in 1998. She is also noted for her creative collaborations; with
Nick Sharratt,
Sally Lloyd-Jones
Sally Lloyd-Jones is a British children's book writer.
Background
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and, most recently, Teresa Heapy. Several of her picture books have been nominated for the
Greenaway Medal, and her collaboration with Sally Lloyd-Jones for Schwartz & Wade Books, 'How To Be A Baby... By Me, the Big Sister' was a
New York Times bestseller and Notable Book in 2007.
Early life
Heap was born in 1954 in
Hampshire, England. As a child she lived in places as diverse as Singapore, Germany and Egypt. She wrote and drew to reflect her rootless lifestyle, creating her first picture book at the age of twelve. Later she earned a degree from Hull College of Art. She worked for an animation company and then as a designer at children's book publishers in Oxford and London, before settling in Oxfordshire as a full-time author and illustrator.
Works
In addition to her picture books, Heap is known for her illustrations in
Jacqueline Wilson's books, such as ''
How to Survive Summer Camp
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Characters
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Double Act
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'' (), co-illustrating the latter with
Nick Sharratt.
Awards and nominations
Winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award (later styled the
Nestlé Children's Book Prize
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) for 'Cowboy Baby' in 1998.
Nominated for the
Greenaway Medal for her collaboration with
Sharratt Sharratt may refer to any of the following:
People with surname Sharratt
*Bryan Sharratt (1947–2007), US attorney
*Harry Sharratt (1929–2009), British athlete in football
* Henry Sharratt, English rugby league footballer who played in the 195 ...
, 'Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly'; and for 'Very Little Red Riding Hood', by Teresa Heapy and Sue Heap.
'How To Be A Baby... By Me, the Big Sister' by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sue Heap was one of six children's books selected as a New York Times Notable Book in 2007.
Shortlisted for the
Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2008.
'Very Little Red Riding Hood' by Teresa Heapy and Sue Heap was The Times Children's Book of the Week in November 2013.
'Very Little Red Riding Hood' by Teresa Heapy and Sue Heap was winner in 2015 of Best Picture Book in the Oxfordshire Children’s Book Award and the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards.
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External links
Author ProfileThe Times Children's Book of the Week
References
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1954 births
Living people
English women writers
British children's book illustrators