Catherine Rayner

Catherine Rayner (born 1982) is an Edinburgh-based British illustrator and writer of children's books.^[1] She was born in Harrogate and grew up in Boston Spa, later studying at Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art.^[2]

She won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009 for Harris Finds his Feet,^[2] and has been shortlisted in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015.

In 2014, Norris, The Bear Who Shared was named by The Sunday Times as one of the 100 Children's Modern Classics of the past ten years.^[3]

Works

Posy, written by Linda Newberry, Orchard Books, 2008
The Tales of Olga Da Polga, written by Michael Bond, Oxford University Press, 2011
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat, written by Ursula Moray Williams, Macmillan, 2012
Tiger Tale, written by Holly Webb, Scholastic, 2014
Clare and her Captain, written by Michael Morpurgo, published 2015

2006 Winner – Best New Illustrator Award, Booktrust Early Year Awards, Augustus and his Smile^[5]
2008 Winner – Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award
2009 Winner – CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, Harris Finds His Feet^[2]
2010 Winner – Top Ten New Illustrators 2000 – 2010
2010 Winner – The English Association English 4-11 Book Awards (Key Stage One Fiction), Ernest
2011 Winner – Coventry Inspiration Book Awards, Ernest
2012 Winner – UKLA Children’s Book Award, Iris and Isaac^[6]
2014 Winner – Picture Book of the Year in The Netherlands by the CPNB, Solomon Crocodile
2015 Winner – Peter's Book of the Year, Smelly Louie
2021 Mathical Honors - One Happy Tiger^[7]

^ Hudson, Catherine (5 August 2013). "A day in the life of: Children's author, Catherine Rayner". Junior Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "How an illustrator's size 8 feet and a magical hare encounter inspired prize-winning Harris". The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. CILIP. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "100 best children's books". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
^ Rayner, Catherine (9 February 2016). Solomon and Mortimer: Amazon.co.uk: Rayner, Catherine, Rayner, Catherine: 9780230742512: Books. Macmillan Children's Books. ISBN 978-0230742512.
^ Cooling, Wendy. "Booktrust Early Years Awards 2006". BookTrust. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ Staff writer. "UKLA Book Award Past Winners". UKLA. UK Literary Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ "Mathical Book Prizes 2021" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.