Author
Jason Cockcroft
New Zealand-born British author-illustrator who illustrated the last three Harry Potter UK hardback covers and won the inaugural Blue Peter Book Award in 2000
Harry Potter cover art, children's picture booksKnown for
Jason Cockcroft is an author and illustrator. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and lives in Yorkshire, where he spent his childhood. Jason studied illustration at Falmouth School of Art, and has illustrated over fifty books for publishers including Bloomsbury, Hodder, OUP, Orchard Books, Walker Books and Frances Lincoln in the UK, and Henry Holt, Dutton Books, Alfred A Knopf and Margaret McElderry Books in the United States. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean's retelling of 'A Pilgrim's Progress'.
You can find his writing at lovelikeatoms.com, and his illustration work at thelittleyellowbird.co.uk
Notable works
How to Look After Your DinosaurBad MermaidsAmazing Animals
HonoursBlue Peter Book Award 2000 · Kate Greenaway Medal nomination
