Catherine Rayner

Catherine Rayner (born 1982) is an Edinburgh-based British illustrator and writer of children's books. She was born in Harrogate and grew up in Boston Spa, later studying at Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art.

She won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009 for Harris Finds his Feet,

Works

Writer and illustrator Augustus and his Smile, Little Tiger Press, 2006 Harris Finds his Feet, Little Tiger Press, 2008 Sylvia and Bird, Little Tiger Press, 2009 Ernest, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2009 Norris, The Bear who Shared, Orchard Books, 2010 Iris and Isaac, Little Tiger Press, 2010 Solomon Crocodile, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2011 Abigail, Little Tiger Press, 2013 Smelly Louie, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2014 Solomon and Mortimer, Macmillan Children's Books 2016

Illustrator Posy, written by Linda Newberry, Orchard Books, 2008 The Tales of Olga Da Polga, written by Michael Bond, Oxford University Press, 2011 Gobbolino the Witch's Cat, written by Ursula Moray Williams, Macmillan, 2012 Tiger Tale, written by Holly Webb, Scholastic, 2014 Clare and her Captain, written by Michael Morpurgo, published 2015

Awards

2006 Winner – Best New Illustrator Award, Booktrust Early Year Awards, Augustus and his Smile 2008 Winner – Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award 2009 Winner – CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, Harris Finds His Feet 2014 Winner – Picture Book of the Year in The Netherlands by the CPNB, Solomon Crocodile 2015 Winner – Peter's Book of the Year, Smelly Louie 2021 Mathical Honors - One Happy Tiger