Cirrus@Austlit

Chris Riddell draws everywhere -- on a plane, in the garden, at the zoo, at a concert, and of course in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Brighton, England, where he lives with his wife, illustrator Jo Borroughes (daughter Katie is also an illustrator). He has spent the last thirty years writing and illustrating children's books - numbering more than 100, beginning with a picture book about a friendly blue monster, Mr Underbed [1986]. For almost as long, he has been a political cartoonist, first for The Economist, then, and still, The Observer. (Introduction)