Daniel Postgate - author/illustrator
About Daniel Postgate
Daniel Postgate was born one dark and stormy night in Whitstable in 1964 (the son of Oliver Postgate who made
Bagpuss). Legend has it that wolves, badgers, and other creatures of the darkness gathered at the gates of the hospital and let out their haunting howls of welcome.
After a nasty scrape with education he worked as an apprentice sign writer and painter of horse and sea-scenes on old chests, which served him well as an introduction to the dark arts of illustration. Eventually he moved to London to seek his fortune, and after a number of peculiar jobs, began work as a cartoonist. He worked for such organs as
The Sunday Times,
Loot (doing a weekly strip) and
The Radio Times.
In 1993 he wrote and illustrated his first picture book
Kevin saves the World, and from then on he forged a career in the children's book world. His book
Smelly Bill won the coveted Nottingham Libraries Children's Book Award. He now lives back in Whitstable with his partner and two children, working in a quaint little shed at the end of his garden. Ahh.
His hobbies include arguing with himself, pointless introspection and looking for his shoes.
Website
For more information, visit Dan’s own website:
www.danpostgate.com
Books
Dan’s picturebooks for Meadowside include:
Kevin Saves The World
There’s a Yeti in my Shed
Big Mum Plum
Engelbert Sneem
Smelly Bill
Winner of Nottingham and Norfolk Children's Book Prizes
Listed as one of Time Magazine's Top Ten Children's Books of 2007
Smelly Bill Stinks Again
Smelly Bill in Love Stinks
The Incredible Worm
Dan’s picturebooks for other publishers include:
Wild West Willy – for Harpercollins
The Richest Crocodile in the World – for Harpercollins
The Snaggle Grollop – with Nick Price, for Chicken House
Friends in the Snow – with Sam Childs, for Scholastic
Dan’s illustrative work includes:
The Philosophy Files - with Stephen Law, for Orion
Dead Dinosaurs - with Martin Oliver, for Scholastic
The Billy Goats Gruff - with Jane Bingham, for Usbourne
More examples of Dan's work
