Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books. He has won three Kate Greenaway Medals – the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book.

As a child, he admired the work of Sir John Tenniel, the first illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, and W. Heath Robinson.

In 2002, he named as influences Tenniel and E. H. Shepard, the first illustrator of The Wind in the Willows and Winnie the Pooh.

Some of Riddell's most celebrated work are The Edge Chronicles (1998), a children's book series co-written with Paul Stewart and illustrated by Riddell. Set in the fictional world known as "The Edge", the books have been praised for Riddell's beautifully detailed line drawings and the unique nature of their collaborative writing process.

Riddell has both written and illustrated the Ottoline series.