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Simon Bartram
Simon Bartram is an English illustrator and writer of children's picture books. He was one runner-up for the Mother Goose Award in 1999 for Pinocchio and for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2002 for Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob. In 2004 Man on the Moon was voted "best illustrated book to read aloud" by a panel of Blue Peter viewers and also named Blue Peter Book Awards Book of the Year.
Simon graduated from Birmingham Polytechnic with a 1st in 1990 and worked in magazines before writing children's books. He has written picture books and fiction books starring Bob and now lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with his family. Bartram has written several childrens books including the Man on the Moon in 2002, Bob's Best Ever Friend in 2004, Bob and the Moon Tree in 2012 and many more.
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