David Hughes is an artist whose work combines illustration, graphic design, photography and animation. His darkly humorous, satirical drawings, often dealing with issues of war, politics and social crisis, have appeared in Punch, The Observer and The New Yorker, and have been exhibited internationally. He has also received great acclaim for his children’s picture books, Bully (short listed for the Smarties Book Prize in 1993) and Strat and Chatto by Jan Mark, (winner of the Mother Goose Award in 1990), and for his D&AD; award-winning illustrated version of Shakespeare’s Othello. Autumn 2006 sees the publication of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, retold by Jan Needle. David Hughes’ grotesque and beautiful illustrations use a mixture of photography and drawing to create a truly striking visual experience.
David’s alto-ego, Sandy Turner, born New York 1952, died Norfolk, England 2005.
Sandy Turner produced four books and illustrated one other, Jeanne Steig’s Tales from Gizzard’s Grill, 2004.
Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award for Silent Night, 2002
Society of Illustrators (USA) Silver Medal for Grow Up, 2003
In 2003, Sandy Turners’ Otto’s Trunk was voted one of the ten Best Illustrated Picture Books of the Year, by the New York Times.
Cool Cat Hot Dog was selected as one of ten Highly Commended Books of the Year for the Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2006 (USA)
For Sandy Turner Representation: Pippin Properties Inc. 155 East 38th Street. Suite 2H, New York. NY 10016 USA
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame retold by Jan Needle. To be published autumn 2006 by Walker Books Ltd.
Tales from Gizzard’s Grill, written by Jeanne Steig, published 2004 by Joanna Cotler
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Grow Up, published 2003 by Joanna Cotler Books U.S.A and Walker Books U.K.
Otto’s Trunk, published 2003 by Joanna Cotler Books U.S.A.
Silent Night, published 2003 by Joanna Cotler Books U.S.A. and Harper Collins Children’s Books U.K.