John Graham Wallace (born 23 August 1966) is an English author and illustrator of children's picture books.

Early life

Wallace was born in

Felixstowe Felixstowe ( ) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest Containerization, containe ...

and grew up in

Market Rasen Market Rasen ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, England, Lincoln, eas ...

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. He attended

De Aston School De Aston School is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. It also has a sixth form but no longer has a boarding house as of 2020, following the country's decision to leave the European Union, due t ...

and went on to study

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. He worked on the Kingston, Jamaica '' Daily Gleaner'' as a

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

Published work

He has illustrated and written many children's books, many of which have been translated. His book ''The Twins'' was made into a television series on

CITV CITV is a British children's morning programming block on ITV2 and formerly a free-to-air channel owned by ITV plc. CITV, then Children's ITV, launched on 3 January 1983 as a late afternoon programming block on the ITV network for children aged ...

in 2000. His work includes ''Mr. Bumble'', ''The Jungle Kids'', ''Wonders of America'', ''Anything for You'', ''Monster Toddler'', and ''Pirate Boy''.

References

1966 births Living people English children's writers English children's book illustrators People from Felixstowe People from Market Rasen Alumni of the University of Cambridge English male writers People educated at De Aston School {{UK-child-writer-stub