Roger Priddy left school at 16 with only one qualification―in art. He went to Berkshire College of Art and Design and trained as an illustrator. His first job in children’s books used to be working with the publisher Peter Usborne, at Usborne Publishing, after which he worked with Peter Kindersley at Dorling Kindersley, where he spent 16 years. Priddy became Creative Director of DK’s Children’s Division and used to be Managing Director of the children’s mass market publisher Funfax when it used to be acquired by DK.
In 2000, he created Priddy Books with John Sargent at St Martin’s Press to create innovative and imaginative titles for children, from first books for babies through early reference titles for older children. Since then, over 30 million copies of Roger’s 200 plus books have sold world wide, with five of his books―My Big Animal, My Big Truck, Happy Baby Words, Happy Baby Colors and Puppy and Friends―every selling over a million copies. He’s also the writer of Big Board First 100 Words; Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers; and Bright Baby Noisy Monsters. His creativity has been recognized with a large number of industry awards. Priddy lives in London together with his wife Zena and their four children.
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