| Jamie Rix was brought up in Roehampton, London and studied English and Drama at the University of Kent. In addition to writing children's books, Jamie's career has been in the theatre and television, where he has been a producer and director (Smith and Jones, Harry Hill, Faith in the Future), as well as an animation writer. Jamie won the 1990 Children's Choice Smarties Award with his Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids which ITV have televised to great acclaim and which has won numerous awards for Best Children's Series both nationally and internationally. |
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Jamie's first book for Orchard Books was Giddy Goat. This tells the story of Giddy,
a goat who lives on top of a rocky mountain but has no head for heights. It is only when he
finds a lost lamb that Giddy becomes determined to find the fearless goat inside himself!
A touching and humorous story, with superb illustrations by Lynne Chapman, about making
friends and facing fears. Giddy returns in a hilarious follow-up, Giddy the Great,
as his adventures of self-discovery continue.
In his spare time, Jamie likes to run (he ran the 2000 London Marathon for MENCAP) and play cricket. Married to Helen, with two grown up sons who won't listen to his stories anymore, Jamie lives in South London with a dog, a cat and a fox under the garden shed. |
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