Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer
from Northern Ireland. He graduated from the University of Ulster
with a degree in Visual Communication.
From figurative painting and installation, to illustration and
picture-book making, his work has been exhibited in New York,
Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington DC, and Belfast.
He is widely known for his picture books for children, published by
HarperCollins UK and Penguin USA. How to Catch a Star debuted in
2004 to critical acclaim, and Lost and Found 2005, won the
Nestles Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 2006, the Blue Peter Book
Award 2006 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal the
same year. The Incredible Book Eating Boy 2007 won the Irish Book
Awards Children''s Book of the Year, and his fourth Book The Way
Back Home was released in September 2007 and The Great Paper Caper
will be publlished in September 2008.