Penny Dann
Penny Dann | |
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| Born | 30 June 1964 Slough, England |
| Died | 20 December 2014 (aged 50) Brighton, England |
| Alma mater | Brighton College of Art |
| Spouse | Tom Sanderson (m. 2014) |
Penny Dann (30 June 1964 – 20 December 2014) was a British children's book illustrator and creator of The Secret Fairy.[1] She was known for her "humorous and vivacious style".[1] Alongside writing and illustrating her own works, she illustrated over 100 children's books.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Dann was born 30 June 1964 in Slough, England to Julian and Jill Dann.[1][3] She studied visual communication at the Brighton College of Art,[3] where a tutor, Raymond Briggs, "encouraged her to develop her character drawings," which "became the basis of her later work".[1] A piece shared at her end-of-degree show was published in 1985 as One of the Pot.[1]
Following graduation, she remained in Brighton, though she lived in Sydney and Melbourne in the 1990s and early 2000s. After returning to Brighton, she met Tom Sanderson, "whom she married a few days before her death".
She died from cancer on 20 December 2014.[1][4]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes for Your Baby (2010) was a best-selling book.[1] The first book of Dann's Secret Fairy series sold over two million copies worldwide.[1]
References
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- 1964 births
- 2014 deaths
- British children's book illustrators
- British women children's book illustrators
- British children's writers
- British women children's writers
- Writers who illustrated their own writing
- Alumni of the University of Brighton
- 21st-century English women artists
- 20th-century English women artists
- 21st-century English women writers
- 20th-century English women writers