Williamson, Melanie

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Williamson, Melanie

Personal

Born in England. Education: De Montfort University, B.A. (with honors; graphic design and illustration), 2000.

Addresses

Home—England. Agent—Heather Richards, Tallbean Agency, telephone 44-1728-454921.

Career

Children's book illustrator.

Illustrator

Cynthia Rider, The Tricky Troll and Billy Goats Gruff, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2001.

John Foster, selector, Drift upon a Dream: Poems for Sleepy Baby, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2002, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2004.

John Foster, selector, My First Book of Christmas Poems, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

John Foster, selector, My First Book of Nonsense Poems, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Helena Pielichaty, After School Club, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Helena Pielichaty, Starring Sammie … as the Girl Who Becomes a Big Fat Liar (but Who's Pants Don't Catch Fire), Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Helena Pielichaty, Starring Brody … as the Model from the States (Who's in a Bit of a State Herself), Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Helena Pielichaty, Starring Alex …, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Helena Pielichaty, Starring Jolene …, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Andrew Fusek Peters, compiler, Hubble Bubble: A Potent Brew of Magical Poems, Hodder Wayland (London, England), 2003.

Stan Cullimore, Fairy Tales, Pearson Educational, 2003.

Louise Spencley, New Blue Shoes, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2004.

Helena Pielichaty, Sammie's Back: The Girl Who Makes a Wish (but Then Really Wishes She Hadn't), Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005.

Helena Pielichaty, Clubbing Again, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005.

Helena Pielichaty, Jolene's Back, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005.

Rosalind Kerven, The Sparrow, the Crow, and the Pearl, Oxford University Press (London, England), 2005.

(With Rupert Van Wyk) John Foster, Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005, published as Barron's Junior Rhyming Dictionary, Barrons Educational (Hauppauge, NY), 2006.

David Bedford, Hound Dog, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2005, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2006.

Julia Donaldson, The Wrong Kind of Knight, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2006.

Julia Donaldson, Queen Aneena's Feast, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2006.

Julia Sykes, That Pesky Dragon, Hodder Children's (London, England), 2007.

Lynne Rickards, I Win!, Egmont (London, England), 2007.

Dana Meachen Rau, Rise and Shine, Intervisual Books, 2007.

Emily Gale, Three Goats Gruff and a Grumpy Troll, Ladybird, 2007.

Emily Gale, Cinderella's Party Night, Ladybird, 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, September 1, 2004, Carolyn Phelan, review of Drift upon a Dream: Poems for Sleepy Babies, p. 127.

Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2007, review of That Pesky Dragon.

Publishers Weekly, October 1, 2007, review of That Pesky Dragon, p. 56.

School Library Journal, December, 2004, Sally R. Dow, review of Drift upon a Dream, p. 130; August, 2006, Heather Ver Voort, review of Junior Rhyming Dictionary, p. 102.