Chris Riddell
Waterstones Children's Laureate from 2015 to 2017
Chris Riddell is an award-winning illustrator and acclaimed political cartoonist. He is currently the only artist to have won the Kate Greenaway Medal three times, most recently for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's The Sleeper and the Spindle. He was recently announced as a BookTrust ambassador.
Chris Riddell has illustrated the work of many celebrated children's authors, including five Neil Gaiman titles and J. K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard. He is the author of the bestselling Goth Girl and Ottoline series and co-creator of the much loved The Edge Chronicles.
Authored Books
Fergus Crane
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Random House
Fergus Crane is the story of a young boy whose daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of tiny winged boxes carrying mysterious messages from a long-lost uncle.
Travels with my Sketchbook
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan
This book pulls together a compilation of some of the thousands of drawings Chris made while Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2015-17. Everyone will enjoy reliving the past two years through Chris’s observant, witty and affectionate eyes.
Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan
Chris Riddell's third book in the Goth Girl series intrigues and delights with a cakey combination of adventure, love and webbed footnotes.
Chris Riddell's Doodle-a-Day
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Chris Riddell's Doodle-A-Day features 366 illustration prompts, tips and artwork from award-winning illustrator Riddell, which will have you doodling every day for a year.
Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books
While famous writers and their pampered pets gather for a literary dog show at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, Goth Girl Ada has a mystery to solve. This high-speed adventure is penned and illustrated by the children's laureate, Chris Riddell.
The Emperor of Absurdia
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
The Emperor of Absurdia awakes one morning and can't find his snuggly scarf, so after checking with The Wardrobe Monster, begins to search for it.
Here I Stand
Author: Various authors Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Walker Books/Amnesty International
These short stories by writers such as Sita Brahmachari, Matt Haig and Frances Harding, with illustration by Chris Riddell, put current and continuing political situations in context for young people. Not an easy read, but a necessary one.
My Little Book of Big Freedoms
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Amnesty International UK
Children's Laureate Chris Riddell has sketched 16 simple but beautiful illustrations of the freedoms that form part of the Human Rights Act. It would be hard to find anybody, young or old, not enchanted by this pocket-sized book.
Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: PanMacmillan
It's a musical time of year at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, which of course means another eerie mystery for Ada Goth to solve. Lord Goth is throwing a festival, with performances from the most renowned composers in the land. Ada can't wait, but is also preoccupied with the worrying fact that grandmother is trying to find her father a brand new wife, also there's a fau…
Mr Underbed
Author: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Andersen Press
One night, as Jim is just about to drop off to sleep, a large, blue, shaggy head pops out from under the mattress and complains about how uncomfortable it is to always sleep on the floor.