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Georgie Ripper

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Georgie Ripper (born London, 1977) is a children's book illustrator, who is best known for her work on the Rainbow Magic series of fairy books. She won the Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration in 2000 with My Best Friend Bob and Little Brown Bushrat which she authored and illustrated.[1] She has also illustrated A Dog Called Whatnot and Whatnot Takes Charge which were written by Linda Newbery.

Life and career

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She graduated from Anglia Ruskin University where she studied Illustration. Her books have sold over 10 million copies in the UK.[2]

Rainbow Magic

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A publishing phenomenon, “Rainbow Magic” has sold 20+ million copies in 31 languages worldwide, including over 6 million books in print in the U.S. The series of books are highly collectible and regularly featured in children's bestseller lists.[3][better source needed]

Awards

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  • Winner of The Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration - 2000[4]

Published work

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Notes

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  1. ^ Google Books : Little Brown Bushrat
  2. ^ "theBookseller.com : Business Focus : Serial Thrillers". Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  3. ^ The Digital Reader : Rainbow Magic children’s books now exclusively available in the Kindle Store
  4. ^ "WHSmith : Freya the Friday Fairy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  5. ^ Orchard Books
  6. ^ "Egmont : A Dog Called Whatnot". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Egmont : Whatnot Takes Charge". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.