Mick Inkpen
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Mick Inkpen is an author and illustrator of children's books best known for his creations Kipper the Dog and Wibbly Pig. Inkpen was born in Romford, Essex, England in 1952, and educated at Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park. He received the Children's Book Award for the 1991 work Threadbear and British Book Awards for both Lullabyhullabaloo and Penguin Small. In addition, the television adaptation of his Kipper book series won a BAFTA award in 1998. He is a friend of Nick Butterworth, who also grew up in Romford, and they have collaborated on occasion.
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- Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers. Thomson Gale, 2005. ISBN 1-4144-0540-5
