Cliff Wright

Cliff Wright (Newhaven, 24 October 1963 ) is an artist, book illustrator and advertising artist.

He has illustrated numerous books, specializing in illustrations of animals and children's books, most notably the second and third books in the Harry Potter series - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - and The Wind in the Willows.

He has also been an artist in advertising campaigns for numerous large organizations and corporations - including Greenpeace and IKEA. He has illustrated the Puppy series of board books by Gerald Durrell, commissioned by the Beanie Baby manufacturer Andrex. He has designed numerous posters and cards and is noted for his illustrations of bears and badgers for children.

Wright is an active campaigner for animal rights with International Animal Rescue and has participated in numerous book signings and auctions to raise money to help the dancing bears of India.

Early career Wright was born in Newhaven, The original art for the first book raised £85,000 at auction.

Post-Harry Potter work Cliff Wright conducts an innovative drawing workshop annually, titled the Art of Seeing. Wright has illustrated numerous books for the publishing houses of Ladybird Books and Oxford University Press, in the 1990s and 2000s. He has also written and illustrated the "Little Bear" series of board books from Templar Publishing.

He also illustrated the cover of the fantasy novel I Ribelli dell'Alianco (2023) by the italian author Marina Lenti.