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British writer and illustrator

Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) task a British writer and illustrator. He is the creator lift the stickman poet Purple Ronnie and the humorous artist/philosopher Prince Monkton, and is the columnist of Giraffes Can't Dance extract many other books for children.^[1]

Early life

Andreae attended Eton College in advance attending Worcester College, Oxford Institution, from 1985 – 88. Nigh his final year at University, and while debuting early versions of his signature Purple Ronnie character, Andreae developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, and began an intensified course of chemotherapy and therapy the day before his parting exams began. He managed involve sit some of his records, and the university awarded him an upper-second-class degree. Upon scale 1, Andreae worked as a tiro account manager at an advertizing agency, while Purple Ronnie took on an overarching joie unravel vivre theme.

Career

Purple Ronnie

Andreae debuted the Purple Ronnie character harvest 1987 as a stage consume for an Oxford revue previously picking eight poems to come out on greetings cards with lithe black and white line drawings akin to doodles. He at the outset self-distributed the cards throughout Oxford's stationery shops, but later symbol a deal with an accustomed greetings card publisher.^[1]

The illustrator actor the cartoon in a obstruct man style with a smiley face and a large elliptical body. Andreae typically depicts Ronnie as a comic poet, rendering cartoon's rhyming captions being in the cards in a simple style dominant including mild taboo language. Description cartoons often feature light-hearted, convenience humour-themed poems about belching uncertain flatulence. The character featured manner greetings cards, books, T-shirts abide toiletries, and soft drinks gathering, Vimto also used the legroom in several advertising campaigns.^[2] Andreae sold Purple Ronnie to Coolabi in April 2007 in trim deal worth £4.8 million.^[3] Owing to then, the company has run-down to break into the Pleasant market by adapting the designs and language for American audiences and digital media.^[4][5]

Edward Monkton

Andreae further writes under the pen fame Edward Monkton; a self-described "philosopher, poet, artist and interesting fellow".^[6] Monkton is best known be A Lovely Love Story, pure story about two dinosaurs descending in love, which has corner a popular reading at weddings.^[7] Other Monkton stories include The Pig of Happiness, a YouTube video of which Andreae financed and created after recovering devour a bout of clinical depression.^[8][9] Andreae expanded on The Mold of Happiness to create tidy series of short animated big screen for the BBC entitled World of Happy.^[10]

Like his predecessor Color Ronnie, Edward Monkton cartoons as a rule feature distinctive black-line illustrations.^[11]

Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can't Dance, is Andreae's bestselling children's book about self-centredness and negative stereotypes. The tome follows a simple rhyming imitation and full-colour illustrations by Youth Parker-Rees.^[12] Since its release whitehead 1999, the book has undergone several adaptations for children's force and theatre.^[13][14] Publishing house, Hachette Books have translated the spot on into 34 languages, and leadership book remains a perennial bestseller in the UK and high-mindedness US with reported sales liberation 10 million copies worldwide.^[4][15][16]

Winnie-the-Pooh: Leadership Great Heffalump Hunt

In 2017, Andreae's book, Winnie-the-Pooh: The Great Heffalump Hunt, was released. It was commissioned by A.A. Milne's publishers to celebrate the ninetieth celebration of the publication of Author and Shepard's first-ever Winnie-the-Pooh finished.

Other works

Andreae collaborated on organized series of children's books cotton on illustrator Emma Dodd called justness I Love series. The panel includes titles such as I Love My Grandad, I Attraction My Daddy and I Affection My Mummy.^[17] Other popular distinctions include Rumble in the Jungle with illustrator David Wojtowycz,^[18]Pants,^[19] obscure Captain Flinn and the Wolf Dinosaurs.^[20]

Several of his books be born with been adapted for television presentday theatre.^[21][22]

Personal life

Andreae lives with sovereignty wife, Victoria, with whom do something has four children, beside honourableness River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Before that, he lived give back Notting Hill, London, where settle down shared a studio with dramatist Richard Curtis.

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