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Chris Priestley


Born
in Hull, The United Kingdom
August 25, 1958

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His father was in the army and so he moved around a lot as a child and lived in Wales. He was an avid reader of American comics as a child, and when he was eight or nine, and living in Gibraltar, he won a prize in a newspaper story-writing competition. He decided then “that my ambition was to write and illustrate my own book”.
He spent his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before moving to Manchester, London and then Norfolk. He now lives in Cambridge with his wife and son where he writes, draws, paints, dreams and doodles (not necessarily in that order). Chris worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for twenty years, working mainly for magazines & newspapers (these include The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Economist and the Wall Str
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New website, new picture book

I have finally taken the plunge and redesigned this site. I hope it’s better. It feels less busy, which is what I was going for. It could probably still be simpler, though, so expect more tweaks.

I am very excited to share the news that I have my very first picture book coming out in September, published by Walker Books. It is called Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimly’s Classroom? and it is a collabor

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“Give me a funeral over a wedding any day,.' said Uncle Montague with a sigh. 'The conversation is almost always superior.”
Chris Priestley, Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

“Does something amuse you?' asked Uncle Montague.
'I was merely reminding myself, Uncle, that I am getting too old to be so easily frightened by stories.'
'Really?' said Uncle Montague with a worrying degree of doubt in his voice. 'You think there is an age at which you might become immune to fear?”
Chris Priestley, Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

“From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees.”
Chris Priestley, Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

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