“An unexpected talent that mixes innocence and sophistication… in something that’s distinctively his own”
Bruce Ingman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author and illustrator. “An unexpected talent that mixes innocence and sophistication… in something that’s distinctively his own” Sir Quentin Blake.
Bruce studied at the Royal College of Art, London. His first book, When Martha’s Away, won the prestigious Mother Goose Award for the Best British Newcomer to Children’s Picture Books (1996) and The Overall Winner of the V&A Illustration Award (1996). His partnership with author Allan Ahlberg has yielded many successes including, The Runaway Dinner, Previously, My Worst Book Ever and The Pencil - Winner of the Redhouse Children’s Picture Book Award and Time magazine’s Children’s Book of the Year. He co wrote Dick Bruna for the biography series The Illustrators published by Thames & Hudson in 2020.
Bruce is Head of the MA Children’s Literature: Children’s Book Illustration course at Goldsmiths, University of London.
He lives in London and West Cork, Ireland.
Phone + 44(0)7887646477
Represented by the Wylie Agency