Matt Buckingham

Matt Buckingham makes books for children among other things. After completing his degree at Loughborough and his MA in Illustration at Falmouth, Matt moved to London and establish himself as a sucessful children's book author and illustrator. He now lives in the Cheshire countryside with his wife, two children and two naughty dogs.

Matt works with a wide variety of media including inks and watercolour as well as creating combined traditional and digital artwork. He has created some charming characters in pre-school novelty books such as Peek-a-Boo Penguins to the best selling picture book character series Bright Stanley (where the first book was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award in 2007). He has also illustrated poetry books and historical non-fiction. To find out more visit www.mattbuckingham.co.uk