Author / Illustrator Profile
Nick Butterworth
NICK BUTTERWORTH was born in
Kingsbury, North London in 1946, but moved to Romford in Essex with his parents
at the age of three. They moved to run a sweet shop, so Nick found himself
fulfilling every child’s sugar-coated dream of growing up right inside the
proverbial chocolate factory.
Having intended to go to art college after leaving school, Nick decided to take a job as a typographic designer.
He went on to work for several major London design consultancies before moving into freelance graphics. He has also worked as a television presenter on the TV-AM children’s programme Rub-a-Dub-Tub and produced a regular illustrated story called Upney Junction for the Sunday Express magazine. At present, Nick concentrates on writing and illustrating his phenomenally successful children’s books.
Nick lives in Suffolk with his wife and two children.
Nick has written many books all about Percy the Parkeeper together with
Thud
Jingle bells
Q Pootle 5
And many more
Shortlisted Titles
1998 Thud
2003 Albert le Blanc