Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers (born 1977) is an Australian-born Northern Irish artist, illustrator and writer.

Life
He graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001. He creates art for children and adult alike.

His picture books, including 'How to catch a star, Lost and found, Stuck have been highly acclaimed.  This Moose Belongs to Me won the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of 
the Year, Junior category in 2012.

Originally from Belfast, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

List of books Jeffers illustrated:
 The Day the Crayons Quit
 How to Catch a Star
 Lost and Found
 The Way Back Home
 Up and Down
 Oliver Jeffers presents the Incredible Book Eating Boy
 the Great Paper Caper
 The Heart and the Bottle
 Stuck
 This Moose Belongs To Me
 The Hueys in The New Jumper
 The Hueys in It Wasn't Me
 The Hueys in None the Number (A counting Adventure) 
 Once Upon an Alphabet (Short stories For all the Letters)

In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl record cover for the U2 song "Ordinary Love". It is a drawing of Nelson Mandela. 

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website
 Oliver Jeffers at British Council: Literature
 Discover author Oliver Jeffers  at publisher HarperCollins

Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:British children's writers
Category:British illustrators
Category:Writers from Belfast