| 词条 | Liz Pichon |
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| name = Liz Pichon | image = Liz Pichon 20181206.jpg | image_size = | caption = Pichon in Waterstones at Piccadilly, London, December 2018 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | nationality = British | residence = Brighton, England | education = | alma mater = Camberwell School of Art | occupation = Illustrator and children's writer | known for = Tom Gates series | spouse = Mark Flannery | children = 3 | parents = | relations = | website = {{URL|lizpichon.com}} }} Liz Pichon (born 16 August 1963) is a British illustrator and children's writer. She is best known for her Tom Gates series of "satirical realist comedy fiction", which have been translated into 43 languages, and sold more than eight million copies worldwide. Early lifePichon was born on 16 August 1963 in London, England.[1] She studied graphic design at the Camberwell School of Art.[2] Her first job was as an art director for the music label Jive Records.[2] Her best-selling and multi-award winning Tom Gates series was first published in 2011. There are currently 15 books in the Tom Gates series, as well as a special £1 book produced for World Book Day in 2013, and a Tom Gates Annual. In 2016 Pichon created the "Kid's Tapestry", a child's version of the Bayeux Tapestry, featuring historical events to the mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.[3] In 2017 Pichon, Horsenden Primary School and her publisher, Scholastic Children's Books, broke the World Record for the Largest Disco Dance.[4] It was announced in 2017 that Pichon has begun working on a new standalone series to be published by Scholastic Children's Books. [5] Personal lifePichon is dyslexic (like her character Tom Gates). She lives in Brighton with her husband Mark, their three children.[2] Works=== Outside of Tom Gates ===
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Tom Gates series
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://lizpichon.com/stuff-about-liz/one-more|title=FAQ's / Liz Pichon|website=lizpichon.com}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/liz-pichon-on-how-dyslexia-inspired-her-tom-gates-childrens-book/|title=Liz Pichon on how dyslexia inspired her Tom Gates children's books - and made them a global phenomenon|first=Victoria|last=Lambert|date=10 August 2016|publisher=|accessdate=9 December 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/36939718|title='Kids' Tapestry' by Liz Pichon marks Battle of Hastings anniversary - CBBC Newsround|access-date=2018-10-06|language=en-GB}} 4. ^{{Citation|last=Horsenden Primary|title=Horsenden's Guinness World Record on BBC Breakfast|date=2017-11-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NKGwhvgQw0|access-date=2018-10-12}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pichon-opens-gates-standalone-fiction-655126|title=Pichon opens the Gates to standalone fiction in seven-figure deal {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-06}} External links
10 : 1963 births|Writers from London|British children's book illustrators|British children's writers|English women writers|British women children's writers|Living people|21st-century English writers|21st-century British women writers|Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts |
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