Sarah McIntyre
| Sarah McIntyre | |
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| Born | Seattle, Washington, US |
| Occupation | Illustrator, writer |
| Genre | children's books, picture books |
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Sarah McIntyre (born 1975) is a British-American illustrator and writer of children's books and comics. She graduated in 1999 from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in Russian and a minor degree in History of Art and earned her Master's Degree in Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts in 2007. She works with other artists in The Fleece Station studio in Deptford, South London.
Sarah was awarded the Sheffield Children's Book award for Best Picture Book and Overall Winner for her illustrations in the book Morris the Mankiest Monster in 2010,[1] which also won the Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award 2010.[2] Her book Oliver and the Seawigs with Philip Reeve won the UKLA Book Award in 2015 in the age 7-11 category.[3] She also won the Leeds Graphic Novel Award 2011 for Vern and Lettuce,[2] which ran originally as a weekly comic strip in The DFC and in The Guardian newspaper.[4]
Her projects include designing Monsterville at Discover Children's Story Centre[4] in Stratford, London and participation in its online StoryCloud project.[5] She curated The Comics Big-Top of Awesome at the 2012 Pop Up Festival[6] in London. In 2015 she began spearheading the #Pictures Mean Business Campaign, demanding greater prominence and credit for book illustrators.[7]
Books
- Alistair on Safari: Adventure at an African Game Reserve with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2000) USA: Eaglemont Press
- Adventures of Riley: Quest for Treasure in the Cayman Islands with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2001) USA: Eaglemont Press
- Adventures of Riley: Tigers in Terai with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2003) USA: Scholastic Inc
- Adventures of Riley: Safari in South Africa with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2003) USA: Scholastic Inc
- Adventures of Riley: Amazon River Rescuewith Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2004) USA: Scholastic Inc
- Adventures of Riley: Dolphins in Danger with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2005) USA: Scholastic Inc
- Adventures of Riley: Mission to Madagascar with Laura Hurwitz and Amanda Lumry (2005) USA: Scholastic Inc
- Morris the Mankiest Monster (2009) UK: David Fickling Books with Giles Andreae
- Vern and Lettuce (2010) UK: David Fickling Books
- When Titus Took the Train with Anne Cottringer (2010) UK: Oxford University Press
- You Can't Eat a Princess! with Gillian Rogerson (2010) UK: Scholastic UK
- You Can't Scare a Princess! with Gillian Rogerson (2011) UK: Scholastic UK
- Nelson (contributor) Graphic Novel (2011) UK: Blank Slate Books
- Superkid with Claire Freeman (2013) UK: Scholastic UK
- Oliver and the Seawigs with Philip Reeve (2013) UK: Oxford University Press
- There's a Shark in the Bath (2014) UK: Scholastic UK
- Cakes in Space with Philip Reeve (2014) UK: Oxford University Press
- Jampires with David O'Connell (2014) UK: David Fickling Books
- Dinosaur Police (2015) UK: Scholastic UK
- Pugs of the Frozen North with Philip Reeve (2015) UK: Oxford University Press
References
- ↑ "Your 2010 Winners!". Sheffield Children's Book Award. December 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- 1 2 "Sarah McIntyre wins book prize". Forbidden Planet International. February 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ "UKLA Book Award Winners 2015". UK Literary Association. July 10, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- 1 2 "How I Make Comics". Guardian (London). Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Chilton, Martin (June 18, 2012). "Olympic StoryCloud project is flying high". Telegraph (London). Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (June 20, 2012). "Pop Up Festival of Stories makes a noise about children's books". Guardian Books (London). Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/11752769/PicturesMeanBusiness-campaign-calls-for-proper-credit-for-book-illustrators.html
External links
- Official website
- Blog
- McIntyre at United Agents
- Interview with Sarah McIntyre
- McIntyre at publisher Random House
- McIntyre at publisher Oxford University Press
- Sarah McIntyre at Library of Congress Authorities, with catalogue records
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