Andy Griffiths is one of the most popular children’s authors in Australia. He has written 33 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. His books have been New York Times bestsellers, won 80 children’s choice awards, been adapted as a television cartoon series and sold 13 million copies in Australia and New Zealand.
Andy is best known as the author of the JUST! series, The Day My Bum Went Psycho and the bestselling, award-winning, record-breaking Treehouse series, illustrated by Terry Denton.
Andy is an ambassador for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pyjama Foundation, and was awarded the Dromkeen Medal in 2015 to honour his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature.
Bio: Pan Macmillan Australia
Photo: Hugh Stewart, courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia
