Shearing, Leonie 1972-

Personal

Born March 4, 1972, in England. Education: Anglia Polytechnic University, B.A. (illustration; with honours), 1994.

Addresses

Home—3, Toronto Terrace, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 9UW, England. Agent—Philippa Milnes-Smith, LAW, 14 Vernon St., London W14 0RJ, England. E-mail—info@leonieshearing.com.

Career

Illustrator.

Awards, Honors

Macmillan Children's Book Awards runner up, 1992; Bisto Book of the Year Ellis Dillon Award, and Bisto Merit Award, both 2000.

Illustrator

Marita Conlon-McKenna, Granny MacGinty, Orchard (London, England), 1999.

Marilyn McLaughlin, Fierce Milly, Mammoth (London, England), 1999.

Pippa Goodhart, Frankie's House-Tree, Mammoth (London, England), 2000.

Beth Wyllyams, I Don't Want To!, Egmont (London, England), 2000.

Beth Wyllyams, Please Be Gentle!, Egmont (London, England), 2000.

Marilyn McLaughlin, Fierce Milly and the Amazing Dog, Mammoth (London, England), 2001.

Marilyn McLaughlin, Fierce Milly and the Biggest Conker Ever, Egmont (London, England), 2001.

Marilyn McLaughlin, Fierce Milly and the Demon Saucepan, Egmont (London, England), 2002.

Marilyn McLaughlin, Fierce Milly and the Swizzled Eyes, Egmont (London, England), 2002.

Jillian Powell, Izzie's Idea, Franklin Watts (London, England), 2003, Picture Window Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2005.

Marni McGee, The Noisy Farm, Bloomsbury Children's (New York, NY), 2004.

Nursery Rhyme Treasury, Marks & Spencer (Chester, England), 2004.

Claire Freedman, Squabble and Squawk, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006.

Franzeska Ewart, Starting School, Paragon, 2006.

Also illustrator of It's Fall; Ben's Ten Hens, by Mandy Ross; and Ron's Race, by Jillian Powell.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2004, review of The Noisy Farm, p. 495; October 15, 2006, review of Squabble and Squawk, p. 1070.

School Library Journal, October, 2004, Maryann H. Owen, review of The Noisy Farm, p. 122.

ONLINE

Leonie Shearing Home Page,http://www.leonieshearing.com (November 15, 2007).