Tom Gates

Liz Pichon (born August 16, 1963 in London, England) is a British illustrator and children's writer. She lives in Brighton (as of November 2011).

She studied graphic design in the Camberwell School of Art in London. She worked as art director in the musical label Jive Records. Afterwards she started working as a freelance illustrator and writer of children's books.

Her work most widely held in WorldCat libraries is The Very Ugly Bug, a children's picture book.

Novels written and illustrated by Pichon, published by Scholastic Books.

Twilight Rhymes Moonlight Verse (1997), poetry compiled by Mary Joslin and illustrated by Pichon, won the 1999 National Parenting Publications Award.

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (2011), first in Pichon's series of self-illustrated novels, won a 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize (7–14 years), a 2012 Red House Children's Book Award (younger readers), and a 2012 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize (ages 5–12). The fourth volume Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) won a 2013 Blue Peter Book Award (best story).

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