Andy Stanton
| Andy Stanton | |
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| Born | 1973 London |
| Occupation | children's book author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Notable works | Mr Gum series |
| Notable awards |
The Mr. Gum books have won numerous awards including:
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The Mr. Gum books have won numerous awards including:
Andy Stanton (b. 1973) is an English children's writer and blues singer. He grew up in the London suburbs of Harrow and Pinner and attended the Latymer School in Hammersmith. He lives in North London.
Stanton has written nine books in the Mr Gum series:
The Mr Gum books are published by Egmont Books in the UK. Additionally Stanton has written The Story of Matthew Buzzington, published by Barrington Stoke, and other books. His writing is influenced by Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton.
Andy Stanton lives in North London. He studied English at Oxford University but was expelled. He has been a stand-up comedian, a film script reader, a cartoonist, an NHS lacky and lots of other things. He has many interests, but best of all he likes cartoons, books and music (even jazz). One day he'd like to live in New York or Berlin or one of those places because he's got fantasies of Bohemia. His favorite expression is 'Good evening' and his favorite word is 'captain'.
The Mr Gum audiobooks were Produced and Directed by David Tyler (UK) for BBC Audio.
The Mr Gum books are set in the fictitious town of Lamonic Bibber. The town has its own newspaper, The Lamonical Chronicle, which features on the Mr Gum website. The newspaper's tag-line is "Lamonic Bibber's second best and only paper".
The books have won numerous prizes including the Red House Children's Book Award, two Blue Peter Book Awards for Best Book With Pictures, and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
They were recorded with Kate Winslet narrating in 2012.
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