Brian Biggs
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| Born | Brian Michael Biggs March 9, 1968 Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Nationality | United States |
| Website | mrbiggs |
Brian Biggs (born March 9, 1968, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a children's book author and illustrator.[1] He has been published by HarperCollins and Random House,[2] among others, and has illustrated two Little Golden Books.[3][4]
Early work
Brian Biggs originally made comic books, like Dear Julia (1996–97), which was published by Black Eye Productions. It was later made into a short film directed by Isaac E. Gozin.[5]
Children's Books
Brian Biggs later began to illustrate for small projects, and eventually illustrated a children's book series, Shredderman, written by Wendelin Van Draanen in 2004-05, which was turned into the Nickelodeon TV film Shredderman Rules.[6] He landed more deals later, like the Roscoe Riley Rules book series, and Brownie & Pearl, written by Cynthia Rylant. He has recently written and illustrated his own book series, titled Everything Goes, and is currently the illustrator of Jon Scieszka's new book series Frank Einstein.
Personal life
He attended Parsons School of Design starting in 1987 for a few years, and later moved to San Francisco in 1993, where he met his ex-wife.[1] They moved to Philadelphia in 1999 and had two children. They were divorced in 2004, and Biggs later met his current wife Sacha Adorno. They got engaged on Christmas 2010, and were married in October 2012.
Books
- Dear Julia, 1996 (Graphic Novel) Black Eye Productions, ISBN 1-891830-12-0
- Frederick & Eloise: A Love Story 1997 (Graphic Novel) Fantagraphics, ISBN 1-56097-096-0
- Un Mode de Transport, 2004 (Book [French]) Éditions du Rouergue, ISBN 2-84156-471-1
- Shredderman series, written by Wendelin Van Draanen—2004-2006 (Children's Novel) Knopf, ISBN 0-375-82351-4, ISBN 0-375-82352-2, ISBN 0-375-82353-0, ISBN 0-375-82354-9
- Goofball Malone series, written by Stephen Mooser (Children's Book) Grosset & Dunlap, ISBN 0-448-43893-3, ISBN 0-448-43894-1
- One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales written by Garth Nix—2007 (Children's Short Story Collection) HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-084320-9
- Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide written by Lynn Brunelle—2007 (Children's Guidebook) Workman Publishing, ISBN 0-7611-4122-7
- Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark written by Judy Sierra—2008 (Children's Poems) Knopf, ISBN 0-375-83747-7
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- Everything Goes: Blue Bus, Red Balloon: A Book of Colors, HarperCollins, 2013, ISBN 9780061958144
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- Everything Goes: By Sea, HarperCollins, 2013, ISBN 9780061958113
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://mrbiggs.com/about/. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=52152. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ http://goldenbook.com/article.php?story=LittleGoldenBookList. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.betterworldbooks.com/i'm-a-t-rex-id-0375858067.aspx. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893584/. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0828450/. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
