

Jeffers' style of illustration uses mixed media and is recognised for its subtle narrative and use of space in composition. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Jeffers' books have been translated into German, Spanish and French among other languages. Stuck & This Moose Belongs to Me were both on The New York Times Best Seller list.


The Incredible Book Eating Boy (2007) won the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and his fourth Book The Way Back Home was released in September 2007 and The Great Paper Caper was released in September 2008. How to Catch a Star debuted in 2004 to critical acclaim, and Lost and Found (2005) won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 2006, the Blue Peter Book Award 2006 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal the same year. He is widely known for his picture books for children, published by HarperCollins UK and Penguin US. He went to the integrated secondary school Hazelwood College, then graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001.įrom figurative painting and installation, to illustration and picture-book making, his work has been exhibited in New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Berlin, Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington, D.C., and Belfast. Oliver Brendan Jeffers MBE (born 1977) is a Northern Irish artist, illustrator and writer who now lives and works in Brooklyn.
