Andy Riley (born 1970) is a British author,

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, and Emmy-winning screenwriter for TV and film. Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including '' The Book of Bunny Suicides'' (2003) and its sequels, and ''Great Lies To Tell Small Kids'' (2005). From 2002 until February 2010 he drew a weekly comic strip called ''Roasted'' in '' The Observer Magazine'', a collection of which was released in book form in 2007. Riley also publishes the King Flashypants series of children's books''.'' With Kevin Cecil, his friend since they attended Aylesbury Grammar School, he created and wrote the sitcoms '' Year of the Rabbit'' for Channel 4 and IFC, ''The Great Outdoors'' for

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, '' Hyperdrive'' for BBC Two and '' Slacker Cats'' for the ABC Family Channel. Their other television work includes ''

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'' (for which they each won an Emmy in 2015 in the Outstanding Comedy Series category), '' Black Books'', the

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one-off special '' Robbie the Reindeer'', for which he and Cecil won a

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in 2000, '' Little Britain'', Tracey Ullman's Show, '' Trigger Happy TV'', '' So Graham Norton'', '' Smack the Pony'', '' The Armando Iannucci Shows'', '' Harry and Paul'', '' Big Bad World'', '' Come Fly With Me'', and ''

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''. The Radio Four panel game they wrote with Jon Holmes and

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, '' The 99p Challenge'', ran for five series from 2000. They wrote for the Touchstone animated feature '' Gnomeo and Juliet,'' and its sequel '' Sherlock Gnomes.'' Riley has co-written two TV adaptations of ''

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'' books: '' Gangsta Granny'' and '' The Boy in the Dress''. Riley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and

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, where he read Modern History.

Screenwriting credits

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Standalone Cartoon Books * ''Roasted'' (2007) * ''D.I.Y. Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions'' (2008) * ''Selfish Pigs'' (2009) * ''Wine Makes Mummy Clever'' (2011) * ''Beer Makes Daddy Strong'' (2011) * ''Puppy Versus Kitten'' (2017) Bunny Suicides * The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003) * Return of the Bunny Suicides (2005) * Dawn of the Bunny Suicides (2010) Lies to Tell Small Kids * Great Lies to Tell Small Kids (2006) * Loads More Lies to Tell Small Kids (2007) King Flashypants * King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor (2017) * King Flashypants and the Creature from Crong (2018) * King Flashypants and the Toys of Terror (2018)

References

External links

Andy Riley's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Andy Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford 1970 births Living people English comics writers English comics artists English magazine cartoonists British comic strip cartoonists English humorists English animal artists English screenwriters English male screenwriters English television writers People educated at Aylesbury Grammar School British male television writers