Ed Vere

Ed Vere (born February 7, 1973) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the Highland Children's Book Award in 2007 for his book, The Getaway and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing his 2008 picture book Banana. His third book, Mr. Big was chosen by Booktrust as the official Booktime book for 2009 and was subsequently distributed to 750,000 British schoolchildren making it the largest single print run of a picture book in the UK. In 2009, his fourth book, Chick won the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best Baby Book. His book Bedtime for Monsters was shortlisted for the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

Ed Vere studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and started writing and illustrating children's books in 1999. Ed Vere also performs alongside the Neil Cowley Trio providing live illustration for the children's production of Mr. Big Plays Jazz.

Books written and illustrated

• The Getaway, by Ed Vere (Puffin, June 2007) ISBN 9780141500584
• Banana, by Ed Vere (Puffin, August 2007) ISBN 978-0141500591
• Mr. Big, by Ed Vere (Puffin, July 2008) ISBN 978-0141500607
• Chick, by Ed Vere (Puffin, March 2009) ISBN 978-0141384863
• Bedtime for Monsters, by Ed Vere (Puffin, July 2011) ISBN 978-0141502397
• Max the Brave, by Ed Vere (Puffin, June 2014) ISBN 978-0723286691
• Max at Night, by Ed Vere (Puffin, Sept. 2015) ISBN 978-0723294573

Children's picture books illustrated

• Too Noisy!, by Malachy Doyle (Walker, Oct. 2013), ISBN 978-1406345322
• Penguin Pandemonium, by Jeanne Willis (Harper Collins, Jan. 2012), ISBN 9780007448081

Hay Festival 2009-2015