Nicholas Allan
{{short description|British children's writer and illustrator}}
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Nicholas Allan (born 11 December 1956) is a British children's writer and illustrator.{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensdiscovery.org.uk/national-touring-programme/paul-geraghty-nicholas-allan-illustrators-in-stereo/|title=Paul Geraghty & Nicholas Allan: Illustrators in Stereo|publisher=Children’s Discovery Centre|access-date=27 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Biography
Nicholas Allan was born and brought up in Brighton, England, attending Brighton College from 1970 to 1975. He studied at the Slade School of Art and completed an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He published his first book The Hefty Fairy in 1989,{{cite web|url=http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/3241/Storytellers_All_regions.pdf|title=NYRP Storytellers list – All regions|publisher=National Literacy Trust|page=9|access-date=27 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716174926/http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/3241/Storytellers_All_regions.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}} and has since published numerous books for children, including The Magic Lavatory, Demon Teddy, The Queen's Knickers, Where Willy Went and Father Christmas Needs a Wee. Hilltop Hospital has been adapted into an award-winning television series.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215418/|title=Hilltop Hospital (TV Series 1999) - IMDb|publisher=IMDb|access-date=27 October 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/nominations/?year=2003|title=Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards 2003|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=27 October 2010}} His other books include The Complete Guide to Gatecrashing and a teenage novel The First Time.
Allan has funded{{cite web |title=The Queen's Knickers Award |url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-Awards/The-Queens-Knickers-Award |website=societyofauthors.org |date=8 May 2020 |publisher=The Society of Authors |access-date=29 June 2022}} the Society of Authors' Queen's Knickers Award, an annual award for an illustrated children's book. The award was founded in 2020 and is named after his 1993 book The Queen's Knickers.
When not touring, Allan spends most of his time in Brighton, not London.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101021083057/http://www.amheath.com/pages/authors/view.asp?id=79 Author biography at A. M. Heath agency]
- [http://www.classactagency.co.uk/authors_profiles/nicholas_allan.php Author information at Class Act Agency]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818222905/http://www.rbooks.co.uk/author.aspx?id=5072 Author biography at Random House Books]
- {{Official website|http://www.nicholasallan.co.uk/about.htm}}
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Category:English children's writers
Category:People educated at Brighton College