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James Foley
James Foley is a 28-year-old illustrator and cartoonist who began his professional career in 2003 drawing cover cartoons for WA’s weekly Quokka newspaper. He has since drawn hundreds of cartoons and illustrations for clients such as Woodside, Caritas Australia and the State Child Development Centre. He is a member of the Australian Cartoonists’ Association and was the WA Vice-president in 2008.
Awards
Shortlisted, Western Australian Young Readers Award, 2012
Shortlisted, Children’s Book Council of Australia Early Childhood, 2012
Shortlisted, Aurealis Award, 2012
Shortlisted, Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, 2012
Shortlisted, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Crystal Kite Awards, 2012
Notable Book, Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Books, 2012
Books available from Fremantle Press
- The Last Viking 2011
Website
From the Catalogue
Ten Tiny Things on Wilderness Society shortlist
Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.
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