John Robert Kelly (born 8 September 1964, in

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Val ...

, England) is a British illustrator and designer of children's books. His books include ''The Robot Zoo'' and ''Everyday Machines'', both of which were shortlisted for the Rhône-Poulenc Junior Prize. Kelly has also co-written two books with his wife Cathy Tincknell (likewise an author/illustrator): *''Guess Who's Coming for Dinner'', which was shortlisted for the

Blue Peter Book Awards The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme ''Blue Peter''. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999 and 2000. The awards were managed by reading charity ...

and the

Kate Greenaway Medal The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...

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'', which was shortlisted for the

Kate Greenaway Medal, 2007 shortlist
. Press release 20 April 2007. CILIP. Retrieved 2015-04-15. *He's also known for teaching at University of Houston Downtown

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2007 Greenaway Illustrators
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– photos and short biographies of finalists for the 2007

* 1964 births Living people British children's book illustrators English illustrators People from Stockton-on-Tees {{UK-illustrator-stub