Neal Layton
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Neal Layton is a British illustrator of children's books including Oscar and Arabella (2002) and Bartholomew and the Bug (2004) which won both the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walker.co.uk/author/Neal-Layton/|title=Neal Layton}}
Education
He was born in Chichester.{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/neallayton/|title=Neal Layton | Authors | Macmillan|website=Macmillan Publishers}} He has a BA in Graphic Design (Northumbria University){{Cite web|url=https://www.arenaillustration.com/artists/neal-layton/|title=Neal Layton - Arena Illustration|date=27 January 2025|website=www.arenaillustration.com}} and a MA in Illustration (Central Saint Martins).{{Cite web|url=http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/2576/NealLayton.pdf|title=Literacy Trust}}
Career
He is best known for his association with Cressida Cowell as the illustrator of the Emily Brown books.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hayfestival.com/p-9297-cressida-cowell-and-neal-layton.aspx|title=Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton|date=23 May 2015|website=Hay Festival}} The Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown appeared on the Booktrust Best 100 Children's Book list from the last 100 years.{{cite web |title=100 best books |url=https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/1/100-best-books-the-full-list/ |website=Booktrust |access-date=4 June 2021}}
Amongst a great many others, he illustrated Where the Bugaboo Lives, an interactive choose your own adventure story by Sean Taylor, which won the Hampshire Illustrated Book Award and the Coventry Inspiration Book Award. It is now a Little Angel Theatre production.
Neal now lives in Portsmouth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/drawing-on-life-s-mammoth-twists-1-6709928|title=The News, Portsmouth}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website |http://www.neallayton.co.uk/New%20index.html }}
- [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/02/children-picture-book-reviews-viviane-schwarz-neal-layton-kjartan-poskitt-alex-willmore Children’s picture book reviews round-up – to the moon and back]
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Category:British children's book illustrators
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Category:Alumni of the University of the Arts London
Category:Alumni of Northumbria University