Charlotte Voake (born 1957) is a Welsh children's illustrator who has won several awards including the

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize The Nestlé Children's Book Prize, and Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for a time, was a set of annual awards for British children's books that ran from 1985 to 2007. It was administered by BookTrust, an independent charity that promotes books and r ...

in 1997.

Life and career

Voake was born and raised in Wales. She studied art history at the

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where she also illustrated her first book. She has both written and illustrated her own books and illustrated books for other authors including

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. Voake lives in

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, England with her husband and two children.

Works

Books written and illustrated by Voake

*''Tom's Cat'' (1986) *''Mrs. Goose's Baby'' (1989) *''The Three Little Pigs, and Other Favorite Nursery Stories'' (1991) *''Mr. Davies and the Baby'' (1996) *''

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'' (1997) *''Here Comes the Train'' (1998) *''Alphabet Adventure'' (2000) *'' Pizza Kittens'' (2002) *'' Ginger Finds a Home'' (2003) *''Tweedle Dee Dee'' (2008) *'' Ginger and the Mystery Visitor'' (2013) *''Melissa's Octopus and Other Unsuitable Pets'' (2015) *''Some Dinosaurs are Small'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

*1989 – National Art Library Illustration Award for ''The Mighty Slide'' *1997 –

for ''

'' *2002 – Smarties Book Prize Silver Award for ''Pizza Kittens'' Voake has also been shortlisted for the

Kurt Maschler Award The Kurt Maschler Award (1982 to 1999) was a British literary award that annually recognised one "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." Winning authors and i ...

in 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1997.

References

British children's book illustrators British women children's writers British women children's book illustrators 20th-century British women writers 21st-century British women writers Living people 1957 births {{UK-artist-stub