Niamh Sharkey Explained

Niamh Sharkey
Nationality:	Irish
Known For:	Henry Hugglemonster

Niamh Sharkey is an author and illustrator of children’s picture books.

Life

Sharkey was a freelance illustrator and designer in Dublin after graduating with a degree in visual communication from the Dublin College of Marketing and Design. While living in Hobart, Tasmania, she illustrated her first full colour picture book. Since then, she has gone on to be Laureate na nÓg in Ireland as well as winning numerous awards including the Mother Goose Award, the Bisto Book of the Year and the Junior Book of the Year awards at The Irish Book Awards. In 2019, she won the 2019 Children's Books Ireland/Tyrone Guthrie Centre bursary. Her creation Henry Hugglemonster has been turned into an animated pre-school series for Disney Television Animation.^{[1] [2]} Her books have been translated into 20 languages. She is a member of Illustrators Ireland.^{[1] [3]} Sharkey is co creator of Disney's animated series Eureka which premiered in 2022.

Bibliography

• On The Road With Mavis And Marge
• Cinderella
• I'm A Happy Hugglewug
• Santasaurus
• The Ravenous Beast
• Tales From Old Ireland
• Jack And The Beanstalk
• The Gigantic Turnip
• Tales of Wisdom & Wonder
• Irish Legends For The Very Young

Notes and References

1. Web site: Niamh Sharkey . Laureate na nóg . 2014-02-01 . 2019-09-26.
2. Web site: Biography . Niamh Sharkey . 2019-09-26.
3. Web site: Niamh Sharkey . Illustrators Ireland .
   - News: Niamh Sharkey is new Laureate na nÓg . An Post Irish Book Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20190926143259/https://www.irishbookawards.irish/niamh-sharkey-is-new-laureate-na-nog/ . 26 September 2019 . 28 November 2023.
   - News: Power . Ed . Henry Hugglemonster is huge hit for Irish illustrator Niamh Sharkey . Irish Examiner . 2015-01-29 . 2019-09-26.
   - Web site: Joyce . Fegan . Sometimes fairy tales come true . The Irish Independent . 2013-02-04 . 2019-09-26.