Niamh Sharkey
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Niamh Sharkey is an author and illustrator of children’s picture books.
Life
Sharkey was interested in reading and illustration at a young age.{{Cite web |title=Author and Illustrator Q & A - with Niamh Sharkey {{!}} Fingal County Council |url=https://www.fingal.ie/author-and-illustrator-q-niamh-sharkey |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.fingal.ie |language=en}}
Sharkey was a freelance illustrator and designer in Dublin after graduating with a degree in visual communication from the Dublin College of Marketing and Design.{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://niamhsharkey.com/index.php/biography/ |access-date=2019-09-26 |publisher=Niamh Sharkey}} While living in Hobart, Tasmania, she illustrated her first full colour picture book.
She was named Laureate na nÓg in 2012. {{cite news |title=Niamh Sharkey is new Laureate na nÓg |url=https://www.irishbookawards.irish/niamh-sharkey-is-new-laureate-na-nog/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926143259/https://www.irishbookawards.irish/niamh-sharkey-is-new-laureate-na-nog/ |archivedate=26 September 2019 |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=Irish Book Awards |publisher=}}
Her books have been translated into 20 languages. She is a member of Illustrators Ireland.{{cite web |title=Niamh Sharkey |url=https://www.illustratorsireland.com/illustrator/niamh-sharkey/ |publisher=Illustrators Ireland}} She is a co-founder of Towers and Tales, a book festival focused on children's literature.
= Animation =
Her book I’m a Happy Hugglewug was adapted into the animated pre-school series Henry Hugglemonster for Disney Television Animation.{{cite web | title=Niamh Sharkey | publisher=Laureate na nóg | date=2014-02-01 | url=https://childrenslaureate.ie/niamhsharkey | access-date=2019-09-26}} {{cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2015-01-29 |title=Henry Hugglemonster is huge hit for Irish illustrator Niamh Sharkey |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/henry-hugglemonster-is-huge-hit-for-irish-illustrator-niamh-sharkey-309442.html |access-date=2019-09-26 |website=Irish Examiner}} {{cite web |last=Fegan |first=Joyce |date=2013-02-04 |title=Sometimes fairy tales come true |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/family/mothers-babies/sometimes-fairy-tales-come-true-29046347.html |access-date=2019-09-26 |website=The Irish Independent}} Sharkey is co creator of Disney's animated series Eureka! which premiered in 2022.
Awards
- Laureate na nÓg
- Mother Goose Award for best new illustrator
- Irish Book Awards Bisto Book of the Year, Tales of Wisdom and Wonder
- Irish Book Awards Bisto Book of the Year, The Gigantic Turnip
- 2010 Irish Book Awards Junior Book of the Year, On The Road With Mavis And Marge
- 2019 Children's Books Ireland/Tyrone Guthrie Centre bursary
Bibliography
- Irish Legends For The Very Young (1996, Mercier Press, {{ISBN| 9781856351447}})
- Tales From Old Ireland (2000, Barefoot Books, {{ISBN|9781902283975}})
- Santasaurus (2004, Walker, {{ISBN|9780744583731}})
- I'm A Happy Hugglewug (2006, Walker, {{ISBN|9781844280490}})
- On The Road With Mavis And Marge (2010, Walker, {{ISBN|9781406321845}})
- Cinderella
- The Ravenous Beast
- Jack And The Beanstalk
- The Gigantic Turnip
- Tales of Wisdom & Wonder
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Category:20th-century Irish illustrators
Category:20th-century Irish women artists
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Category:Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology
Category:Irish children's writers
Category:Irish women children's writers