birth_place awards nationality notableworks birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
west kirby , england kate greenaway medal 1977 , 2003 british '' dogger '' '' ella 's big chance '' 16 july 1927 1960 -- present children 's literature , picture books file : shirley hughes.jpg shirley hughes
 shirley hughes illustrator , writer
shirley hughes

shirley hughes , obe -lrb- born 16 july 1927 -rrb- is an english author and illustrator .
she has written more than fifty books , which have sold more than 11.5 million copies , and has illustrated more than two hundred .
as of 2007 she lives in london .
hughes won the 1977 and 2003 kate greenaway medals for british children 's book illustration and her 1977 winner , `` dogger '' , was named in 2007 the public favourite winning work of the first fifty years .
she won the inaugural booktrust lifetime achievement award in 2015 .
