{"product_id":"posy-simmonds-by-paul-gravett-9780500022139","title":"Posy Simmonds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Posy Simmonds has become one of Britain's best-known satirical cartoonists. She is also a much-loved author and artist of widely translated children's books and graphic novels. These include \u003cem\u003eFred\u003c\/em\u003e, animated in 1996 into the Oscar-nominated short film \u003cem\u003eFamous Fred\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGemma Bovery\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTamara Drewe\u003c\/em\u003e, both adapted into films, increasing her international fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimmonds once described her job on a census form as 'a visual engineer'. Her extraordinary precision of drawing, her powers of observation and her sharp but well-tempered wit have made her one of Britain's most sophisticated innovators, renowned especially for expanding the scope and subtlety of comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to explore Simmonds's life and work from her early childhood to the present day. In a series of interviews with Paul Gravett, she offered insights into her creative process and provided unprecedented access to her 'workroom' and archives containing sketchbooks and rare or never-before-seen artworks. A portrait emerges of Posy Simmonds as a chronicler and critic of contemporary British society and a storyteller in words and pictures of rare perception and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383963893996,"sku":"9780500022139","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/42253482366.jpg?v=1773391262","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/posy-simmonds-by-paul-gravett-9780500022139","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}