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 (1999)
Big Mum Plum (2004)
Smelly Bill (2005)
Winner of Nottingham and Norfolk Children's Book Prizes
Listed as one of Time Magazine's Top Ten Children's Books of 2007
Engelbert Sneem (2006)
Smelly Bill Stinks Again (2007)
There’s a Yeti in my Shed (2008)
Smelly Bill in Love Stinks (2009)
The Incredible Worm (2012)
Dan’s picturebooks for other publishers include:
Wild West Willy – for Harpercollins (1999)
The Richest Crocodile in the World – for Harpercollins (2003)
The Snaggle Grollop – with Nick Price, for Chicken House (2009)
Friends in the Snow – with Sam Childs, for Scholastic (2012)
Dan’s illustrative work includes:
Dead Dinosaurs - with Martin Oliver, for Scholastic (2000)
The Philosophy Files - with Stephen Law, for Orion (2002)
The Billy Goats Gruff - with Jane Bingham, for Usbourne (2007)
More examples of Dan's work
