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Chris Riddell

Born

in Capetown, South Africa

April 13, 1962

Website

http://www.stewartandriddell.co.uk/

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Genre

Politics, Children's Books

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Chris Riddell was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was an Anglican priest and a member of the ANC. The family moved to England in 1963, when Riddell was one year old, and he spent his childhood in a number of different locations, as his father moved between parishes. Both of Riddell's parents continued to be active in the anti-apartheid movement.

Chris Riddell is an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator whose many awards include the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals—the most prestigious prize for illustration in the UK. He is the creator of more than one hundred books for all ages, including the immensely popular series the Edge Chronicles and his latest chapter book series, starring the irrepressibl ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 165,688 ratings · 17,418 reviews · 255 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Ottoline, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 3,249 ratings — published 2007 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse (Goth Girl, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 2013 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ottoline Goes to School (Ottoline, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 2008 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death (Goth Girl, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ottoline at Sea (Ottoline, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems to Live Your Life By 4.11 avg rating — 818 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright (Goth Girl, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goth Girl and the Pirate Queen (Goth Girl, #2.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ottoline and the Purple Fox (Ottoline, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony (Goth Girl, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 413 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ottoline (4 books)
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Goth Girl (4 books)
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The Cloud Horse Chronicles (1 book)
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Platypus (3 books)
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Quotes by Chris Riddell

“I love the way words and pictures work together on a page. I have also noticed how when wise words have visuals added to them, they seem to travel further online, like paper aeroplanes catching an updraught.”
― Chris Riddell, Art Matters

tags: art, art-matters, comics, pictures, reading, wisdom, words

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“Lord Goth spent his time riding his hobby horse around the grounds and taking potshots at the garden ornaments with a blunderbuss. Before long he had acquired a reputation for being mad, bad and dangerous to gnomes.”
― Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

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“She gave me peace To want is to lack. That is what it means.”
― Chris Riddell

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4072 posts
Chris Riddell's Blog

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Chris Riddell’s books