Nick Sharratt was born on 9 August 1962 and is a British author and illustrator of children's books, whose work is split between illustrating for writers, most notably Jacqueline Wilson from 1991 to 2021, and Jeremy Strong, but Giles Andreae, Julia Donaldson and Michael Rosen.
10 Facts About Nick Sharratt
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Nick Sharratt was chosen to be the official illustrator for World Book Day 2006, and has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by Wilson, among them The Lottie Project, Little Darlings and The Story of Tracy Beaker which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of the 21st century.
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Nick Sharratt was born on 9 August 1962 in Bexleyheath, Greater London, and grew up in Suffolk, Nottinghamshire and Manchester, with his three younger siblings.
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Nick Sharratt attended Manchester Polytechnic where he completed an art foundation course.
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Nick Sharratt was trained in graphic design at St Martin's School of Art and took his later inspiration from the pop and graphic art of the 1960s, which he experienced as a child.
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Nick Sharratt illustrated Pants, written by Giles Andreae, and Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose, Goat Goes to Playgroup and Toddle Waddle by Julia Donaldson.
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Nick Sharratt has written two chapter books, The Cat and the King and Nice Work for the Cat and the King.
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Nick Sharratt has won regional library book prizes in Nottingham, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Perth, Sheffield, Stockport, Southampton, Portsmouth and Somerset, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2002 and is a fellow of Hereford College of Art.
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Nick Sharratt is a recipient of a gold Blue Peter badge.
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Nick Sharratt's work has been exhibited in Britain, Italy, Japan and the US.