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P J Lynch

  1. Titles: The Bee Man of Orna, A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi, Ignis
  2. Agent: Clare Conville
  3. Website: Official Website, Blog
 

About P J Lynch


P. J. Lynch has worked as a Children’s Book Illustrator since leaving Brighton College of Art in 1984.

He has won many awards including the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal three times, and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal on two occasions: first for The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, and again for When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest.

He has twice been nominated by The Ireland Section of the International Board on Books for Young People for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey has sold more than a million copies in the United States alone, and has recently been made into a motion picture.

P. J. Lynch lives with his wife and their three young children in Dublin.

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