James Mayhew

James Mayhew BA (born 1964 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is a well known English illustrator and author of children's books.

Brought up in Blundeston, Suffolk, on leaving school Mayhew studied illustration at Lowestoft School of Art from 1983 to 1984, and then at Maidstone College of Art, graduating BA in 1987 with first class honours. He has illustrated 50 books and written 20 more [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2005/01/28/james_mayhew_interview_feature.shtml] BBC Three Counties interview] . In 1994 he received the New York Times Award for one of the ten best illustrated books of the year for "The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams", written by Jenny Koralek. Mayhew's books have been published all over the world, including Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Spain and Scandinavia and America. He has held exhibitions of his work in Hertfordshire, Cambridge, London, Paris and New York. [http://www.wattspub.co.uk/jmayhob.htm]

Having a great interest in Russian opera, Mayhew has illustrated a number of programmes for the Kirov Opera in St Petersburg, and in 1998 was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York to design a series of tee-shirts for the Kirov's season there. Mayhew also teaches illustration to degree students at Anglia Polytechnic University. [http://www.wattspub.co.uk/jmayhob.htm]

Mayhew lives in Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire with his wife and son.

Books written or illustrated by Mayhew include:

Katie and the Bathers

Katie and the Dinosaurs

Katie and the Mona Lisa

Katie and the Sunflowers

Katie in London

Katie Meets the Impressionists

Katie's Picture Show

Katie and the Spanish Princess

Who Wants a Dragon? (Illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner)

Tales of Ghostly Ghouls and Haunting Horrors (Written by Martin Waddell)

Boneless and the Tinker

Death and the Neighbours

Gallows Hill

Soft Butler's Ghost

References

External references

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2005/01/28/james_mayhew_interview_feature.shtml Mayhew on the BBC website]
* [http://www.wattspub.co.uk/jmayhob.htm Mayhew on the Watts Publishing website]
* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/308/Mayhew-James-John-1964.html Mayhew on the Biography website]
* [http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2906 Mayhew on the Scholastic website]
* [http://www.doublecluck.com/illustratordetails.php?iname=Mayhew,%20James&btype=picture-books Mayhew on the Chicken House website]