Rob Biddulph author page

Rob Biddulph biography

Rob Biddulph is a British children’s author and illustrator. He began his career as an art director, working for publications such as The Observer Magazine and ShortList. Biddulph’s debut picture book, Blown Away, was published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2014. The book won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2015.

Following his debut, Biddulph published several other picture books, including GRRRRR! (2015), Odd Dog Out (2016), Sunk! (2017), Kevin (2018), and Show and Tell (2019). His works are known for their distinctive illustration style and rhyming text.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Biddulph launched the online initiative #DrawWithRob, providing free draw-along videos for children. The project gained widespread attention and led to a Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson, achieved in May 2020 with over 45,000 participants.

Biddulph’s books have been translated into multiple languages and published internationally. In addition to the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, his titles have been shortlisted for awards such as the Kate Greenaway Medal and the British Book Awards.

In 2021, Biddulph published Dog Gone and Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City, the latter marking the start of a middle-grade illustrated fiction series. The sequel, Peanut Jones and the Twelve Portals, was released in 2022.

Rob Biddulph’s Blown Away won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2015.