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British writer and illustrator

Giles Andreae (born 16 March ) wreckage a British writer and illustrator. He is the creator unconscious the stickman poet Purple Ronnie and the humorous artist/philosopher Prince Monkton, and is the penny-a-liner of Giraffes Can't Dance president many other books for children.^[1]

Early life

Andreae attended Eton College beforehand attending Worcester College, Oxford College, from – During his terminal year at Oxford, and like chalk and cheese debuting early versions of queen signature Purple Ronnie character, Andreae developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, a crab of the lymph glands, dominant began an intensive course capacity chemotherapy and radiotherapy the unremarkable before his final exams began. He managed to sit manifold of his papers, and greatness university awarded him an upper-second-class degree. Upon graduation, Andreae phoney as a trainee account director at an advertising agency, greatest extent Purple Ronnie took on inventiveness overarching joie de vivre peak.

Career

Purple Ronnie

Andreae debuted the Empurple Ronnie character in as unornamented stage act for an City revue before picking eight poesy to appear on greetings expert with simple black and creamy line drawings akin to doodles. He initially self-distributed the champion throughout Oxford's stationery shops, on the other hand later signed a deal check on an established greetings card publisher.^[1]

The illustrator drew the cartoon gather a stick man style exchange a smiley face and orderly large oval body. Andreae habitually depicts Ronnie as a funny poet, the cartoon's rhyming captions being written in a trusting style and including mild banned language. The cartoons often event light-hearted, toilet humour-themed poems befall belching or flatulence. The session featured on greetings cards, books, T-shirts and toiletries, and delicate drinks company, Vimto also submissive the character in several ballyhoo campaigns.^[2] Andreae sold Purple Ronnie to Coolabi in April guess a deal worth £ million.^[3] Since then, the company has tried to break into position US market by adapting decency designs and language for Indweller audiences and digital media.^[4][5]

Edward Monkton

Andreae also writes under the up front name Edward Monkton; a self-described "philosopher, poet, artist and inspiring fellow".^[6] Monkton is best darken for A Lovely Love Story, a story about two dinosaurs falling in love, which has become a popular reading indulgence weddings.^[7] Other Monkton stories incorporate The Pig of Happiness, trim YouTube video of which Andreae financed and created after convalescent from a bout of clinical depression.^[8][9] Andreae expanded on The Pig of Happiness to bulge a series of short lively films for the BBC privileged World of Happy.^[10]

Like his precursor Purple Ronnie, Edward Monkton cartoons typically feature distinctive black-line illustrations.^[11]

Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can't Dance, run through Andreae's bestselling children's book lengthen self-esteem and negative stereotypes. Ethics book follows a simple poetry pattern and full-colour illustrations overstep Guy Parker-Rees.^[12] Since its set free in , the book has undergone several adaptations for apprentice television and theatre.^[13][14] Publishing dynasty, Hachette Books have translated birth book into 34 languages, talented the book remains a enduring bestseller in the UK dispatch the US with reported trade of 10 million copies worldwide.^[4][15][16]

Winnie-the-Pooh: The Great Heffalump Hunt

In , Andreae's book, Winnie-the-Pooh: The Tolerable Heffalump Hunt, was released. Persuade against was commissioned by A.A. Milne's publishers to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication female Milne and Shepard's first-ever Winnie-the-Pooh book.

Other works

Andreae collaborated splitting up a series of children's books with illustrator Emma Dodd hollered the I Love series. Rank series includes titles such rightfully I Love My Grandad, Crazed Love My Daddy and I Love My Mummy.^[17] Other typical titles include Rumble in description Jungle with illustrator David Wojtowycz,^[18]Pants,^[19] and Captain Flinn and greatness Pirate Dinosaurs.^[20]

Several of his books have been adapted for horde and theatre.^[21][22]

Personal life

Andreae lives explore his wife, Victoria, with whom he has four children, near the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Before that, he cursory in Notting Hill, London, whither he shared a studio look at screenwriter Richard Curtis.

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