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Chris Riddell is an accomplished graphic artist who studied illustration at Brighton Polytechnic and has illustrated many acclaimed books for children, including Pirate Diary by Richard Platt, and Jonathan Swifts Gulliver, which both won the Kate Greenaway Medal. Something Else by Kathryn Cave won the Unesco Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, whilst Castle Diary by Richard Platt was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. The Swans Stories by Brian Alderson was shortlisted for the 1997 Kurt Maschler Award and won the 2001 Kate Greenaway Medal.
Together with Paul Stewart, he is co-creator of the Far-Flung Adventures series. In addition to his childrens book work, Riddell is a renowned political cartoonist, whose work appears regularly in UK newspapers the Observer and the Guardian, as well as The Literary Review and The New Statesman.
Riddell lives in Brighton with his wife and children.
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What was your inspiration for The Edge Chronicles?
Paul: The Edge Chronicles started off with
the map. Chris drew it and gave it to me saying, 'here
is the world, tell me what happens there.'
Chris: I drew a map that looked like the edge of
a map because I've always been fascinated by the edges
of maps - the place where the known world ends.
Paul: My main inspiration for the Deepwoods was
perhaps the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, though
other booksAlice in Wonderland and Through
the Looking Glass, Gormenghast, Gulliver's
Travels also played their part.
What was your favorite character(s) to create?
Chris: My favorite character is the spindlebug. It
was easy for Paul to write that it was see-through, like
glass, but a challenge for an illustrator to draw. The
creatures live an immense amount of timeup to four
centuries which means that they witness a lot more
history of the Edge than other characters.
Paul: My favorite characters are the banderbears.
Chris drew them first as fierce, pyramid-like bear
creatures. Because they ...
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