Shirley Hughes illustrated more than 200 children's books and is one of the bestloved writers for children, known for her beloved classics including the Alfie and Annie Rose stories, andDogger. Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She started her career as a freelance illustrator in London, illustrating other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier and notably Dorothy Edwards'sMy NaughtyLittle Sister series.Shirley began to write and draw her own picture books when her children were young. Her first book Lucy and Tom's Day was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger, and theAlfie series. Her books include the wordless picture bookUp and Up, collection of rhymes and poemsOut and About, and for the very youngThe Nursery Collection.She wrote two novels for older children,Hero on a Bicycle, about a 13yearold Italian boy during the occupation of Florence, andWhistling in the Dark, set during the Liverpool Blitz. Her memoir,A LifeDrawing, was published in 2002.Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, forDogger in 1977 and forElla's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. She was Highly Commended for the Greenaway Medal forThe Lion and the Unicorn in 1998. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Lit... See more
Shirley Hughes illustrated more than 200 children's books and is one of the bestloved writers for children, known for her beloved classics including the Alfie and Annie Rose stories, andDogger. Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She started her career as a freelance illustrator in London, illustrating other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier and notably Dorothy Edwards'sMy NaughtyLittle Sister series.Shirley began to write and draw her own picture books when her children were young. Her first book Lucy and Tom's Day was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger, and theAlfie series. Her books include the wordless picture bookUp and Up, collection of rhymes and poemsOut and About, and for the very youngThe Nursery Collection.She wrote two novels for older children,Hero on a Bicycle, about a 13yearold Italian boy during the occupation of Florence, andWhistling in the Dark, set during the Liverpool Blitz. Her memoir,A LifeDrawing, was published in 2002.Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, forDogger in 1977 and forElla's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. She was Highly Commended for the Greenaway Medal forThe Lion and the Unicorn in 1998. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature, and a CBE in 2017. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the first recipient of BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award. Shirley died in London in 2022.
