Author / Illustrator Profile
Sue Heap
Sue Heap was born in Hampshire in 1954. When she was a child her parents moved around a lot and she lived in many places including Egypt, Germany and Singapore. She wrote and illustrated her first book when she was twelve and as a teenager wrote lots of 'rather bad' poetry.
On graduating from Hull College of Art, Sue worked in an electronics factory for an animation company and then as a designer at various Children's Book Publishers, in Oxford (where she was responsible for Nick Sharratt's first picture book) and London.
In 1991 she became a full-time freelance illustrator. She's illustrated over thirty books, including Cowboy Baby, winner of the prestigious Smarties Award in 1998.
She lives in Oxfordshire and in her spare time she motorcycles and is learning to skateboard.
Shortlisted Title
1999 - Buried Alive