Redlich, Ben 1977–

Personal

Born May 23, 1977, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Hobbies and other interests: Painting, sculpting, puppetry, animation, music, nostalgia.

Addresses

Home and office—Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. E-mail—benredlich@froggy.com.au.

Career

Freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and filmmaker. Also works as a church cleaner.

Awards, Honors

Joey's R-2 Kanga Award, 2005, for The Great Montefiasco.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Who Flung Dung?, Meadowside (London, England), 2006.

ILLUSTRATOR

Andy Small, The Shikker Co-La Cows, privately published (Australia), 2000.

Damien Broderick, Jack and the Aliens, Word Weavers Press (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 2002.

Damien Broderick, Jack and the Skyhook, Word Weavers Press (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 2003.

Mark Svendsen, Ratface and Snake Eyes, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2003.

Mark Svendsen, Shadow Snake, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2004.

Colin Thompson, The Great Montefiasco, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2004, Star Bright Books (New York, NY), 2005.

Rowley Monkfish, Nicholas and the Chronoporter, Penguin Australia (Camberwell, Victoria, Australia), 2005.

Mark Svendsen, Circus Carnivore, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2005, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2006.

Adrienne Frater, Pet Palace, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2006.

Alan Sunderland, Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Exploding Cheese, HarperCollins Australia (Pymble, New South Wales, Australia), 2006.

Mark Svendsen, Whacko the Chook, Lothian Books (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), May 14, 2005, Patrick Watson, "Success Is Absolute Non-sense."

Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2004, review of The Great Montefiasco, p. 1209; August 15, 2006, review of Circus Carnivore, p. 853.

Library Media Connection, August-September, 2005, Pam Watts Flavin, review of The Great Montefiasco, p. 72.

Publishers Weekly, February 7, 2005, review of The Great Montefiasco, p. 60.

School Library Journal, November, 2006, Genevieve Gallagher, review of Circus Carnivore, p. 114.

ONLINE

Ben Redlich Home Page,http://www.benredlich.com (July 18, 2007).