Niamh Sharkey
Niamh Sharkey | |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Henry Hugglemonster |
Niamh Sharkey is an author and illustrator of children’s picturebooks.
Life
Sharkey started out as freelance illustrator and designer in Dublin after graduating with a degree in visual communication from the Dublin College of Marketing and Design. She was living in Hobart, Tasmania when she illustrated her first full colour picture book. Since then she has gone on to be Laureate na nÓg in Ireland as well as win multiple awards including the Mother Goose Award, The Bisto Book of the Year and the Junior Book of the Year award at The Irish Book Awards. In 2019 Sharkey won the 2019 Children’s Books Ireland/Tyrone Guthrie Centre bursary. Her creation Henry Hugglemonster has been turned into an animated preschool series for Disney Television Animation.[1][2] Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Sharkey is a member of Illustrators Ireland.[1][3][4][5][6]
Bibliography
- On The Road With Mavis And Marge
- Cinderella
- I'm A Happy Hugglewug
- Santasaurus
- The Ravenous Beast
- Tales From Old Ireland
- Jack And The Beanstalk
- The Gigantic Turnip
- Tales of Wisdom & Wonder
- Irish Legends For The Very Young
References and sources
- ^ a b "Niamh Sharkey (2012-2014)". Children's Laureate. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Biography – NIAMH SHARKEY". NIAMH SHARKEY – Niamh Sharkey Author and Illustrator. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Ireland, Illustrators. "Illustrators Ireland".
- ^ "An Post Irish Book Awards » Niamh Sharkey is new Laureate na nÓg". An Post Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Power, Ed (29 January 2015). "Henry Hugglemonster is huge hit for Irish illustrator Niamh Sharkey". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Unknown (4 February 2013). "Sometimes fairy tales come true". Independent.ie. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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