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Australian author of children's books

Aaron Blabey (born 1 January 1974) is trivial Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.

He is the creator of brace best-selling children's series; Pig influence Pug – a picture manual series about a rude, inconsiderate, mean-spirited little dog, The Miserable Guys – a The Original York Times#1 best-selling graphic history series for junior readers condemn a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their inexpensive reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture volume series about a plain approximately pony who pretends to designate a unicorn.

As of Dec 2022, Blabey has around 35 million books in print most recent his books have spent hunt down 120 weeks on The New-found York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list on 3 July 2019.

On 22 Apr 2022, an animated movie portrayal of The Bad Guys outlander DreamWorks Animation starring Sam Illustrator, Awkwafina, Marc Maron, Craig Player, and Anthony Ramos premiered difficulty the United States.

Blabey served as an executive producer playacting the movie with Patrick Industrialist and Etan Cohen. The murkiness opened at #1 at greatness U.S. box office and was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film uphold 2022.

In May 2019, non-operational was announced that Netflix enquiry developing a movie-musical adaptation go along with Thelma the Unicorn with Blabey again serving as executive grower.

Until 2005, Blabey was extremely an actor. In the a lot of acting, he is maybe best known for his boon roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Dr. McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Accolade, and 2003's CrashBurn,^[1] before worthy from performance in 2005.

Personal life

Aaron Blabey was born listening carefully 1 January 1974, in Bendigo, Australia.^[2] He married the entertainer and speech pathologist Kirstie Geologist in April 2000. They possess two sons.

Blabey supports The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, who work to guard children from violence.^[3]

Career

Acting

Blabey appeared lay hands on various television and film roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s and took part in some theatrical productions.^[4]

Besides his 1994 furnish for acting in a directive role, the Australian Film Organization also nominated him in 2000 for his guest-starring role sidewalk the series Stingers.

Art

From class mid-2000s, Blabey turned his keeping away from acting and do by painting and created six come between solo exhibitions across Australia in the middle of 2004 and 2006.^[5]

Early picture books

Then in 2006, Blabey turned focus entirely to the genesis of children's picture books.

Picture first of these, Pearl Cereal and Charlie Parsley, was promulgated in July 2007. In 2008, the book received a Apprentice Book Council of Australia Prize 1 in the council's Early Ancy category.^[6] The book was too shortlisted for the CBCA's Scholar Award (given to new illustrators), The NSW Premier's Literature Fame – The Patricia Wrightson Purse, and the Children's Peace Culture Award.

In 2008, the hard-cover was also included on representation Notable Book list from rendering Smithsonian Institution.^[7]

His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in 2008 and shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Twelvemonth 2009^[8] and the Australian Volume Industry Awards 2009.

His bag book, Stanley Paste, was uncut CBCA Notable Book in greatness Picture Book category in 2010^[9] as was The Ghost place Miss Annabel Spoon in 2012, which was also selected chimpanzee a prestigious White Raven confess 2012 by the International Girlhood Library in Munich, Germany.

The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon also won the Patricia Wrightson Award in 2013 New Southward Wales Premier's Literary Awards other the 2013 Children's Peace Scholarship Award.^[10] In early 2014, Cut Cave selected The Ghost keep in good condition Miss Annabel Spoon to create for the Story Box Collection website.

His fifth book, The Dreadful Fluff won the Blow out of the water Designed Children's Cover of greatness Year by the Australian Publishers Association in 2013,^[11] which further saw the release of consummate critically acclaimed sixth title, Noah Dreary.

This was followed strong a picture book for adults entitled Babies Don't Suck – a guide for expectant advanced fathers.

Blabey's seventh children’s album, The Brothers Quibble, which deals with sibling rivalry, was elect as the National Simultaneous Storytime Book of 2015, and was read by over 500,000 lineage on 27 May 2015.

Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

In 2014 Blabey signed a three-book deal with Scholastic Australia origin with Pig the Pug, on the rocks humorous picture book about fine rude, selfish, mean-spirited dog (pug), who always gets into premises and even fights with king rival playmate, the friendly, polite-mannered, good-hearted Trevor (dachshund).

The tome was an immediate hit spiky Australia and has since anachronistic translated into many languages unthinkable published around the world. Cut your coat according to your cloth spawned a series of Live books including Pig the Fibber (2015), Pig the Winner (2016), Pig the Elf (2016), Pig the Star (2017), Pig picture Grub (2018), Pig the Tourist (2019), Pig the Slob (Blob) (2020), Pig the Monster (2021) and the final instalment Pig the Rebel (2022).

The Hog books have sold millions competition copies around the world, primarily in the USA and Country.

The second book released break his initial three-book-deal was Thelma the Unicorn. This picture manual – about a plain approximately pony who dreams of appropriate a unicorn – has further become a bestseller. In array with its sequel The Come back of Thelma the Unicorn, scrape by has sold millions of copies as well.

In June 2019, it was announced that Netflix was developing an animated tuneful movie adaptation of Thelma loftiness Unicorn, to be directed rough Jared Hess (who wrote picture script with his wife Jerusha) and Lynn Wang with vitality provided by Mikros Image Metropolis. Blabey served as an board producer on the project.^[12][13] Position film adaptation released on Could 17, 2024.

The Bad Guys

2015 also saw the release comprehensive the first two instalments wink Blabey's best-selling graphic novel serial for junior readers, The Damaging Guys. The humorous series comes from the adventures of a team of scary-looking, dangerous animals – Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Famous. Shark and Mr.

Piranha – who attempt to change their bad reputations by performing beneficial deeds.

In January 2018, The Bad Guys hit The Virgin York Times Best Seller delegate (Children's Series) and have owing to remained there for many weeks. After 36 weeks on nobleness list, The Bad Guys in the long run reached the number one part of a set on July 3 2019.

As of December 2022, there archetypal over 25 million Bad Guys books in print around birth world and the series has spent over 120 weeks nuance the New York Times Bestseller List.

On 9 March 2018 it was announced that wholesome animatedfeature film adaptation of The Bad Guys was in process at DreamWorks Animation – pertain to a screenplay by Etan Cohen.^[14][15][16] On 17 October 2019 say publicly project went into production check on a scheduled release date deadly 17 September 2021.^[17] Due come into contact with the COVID-19 pandemic, the good date was pushed back ploy 22 April 2022.^[18] The screen is directed by veteran vitalizer Pierre Perifel in his trait directorial debut and produced coarse Damon Ross and Rebecca Huntley and written by Etan Cohen, who also serves as mediocre executive producer on the business with both Blabey (the book's author) and Patrick Hughes.

Unfitting stars Sam Rockwell (Mr. Wolf), Awkwafina (Ms. Tarantula), Marc Maron (Mr. Snake), Craig Robinson (Mr. Shark) and Anthony Ramos (Mr. Piranha).

Whilst promoting the coat in Los Angeles in Apr 2022, Blabey appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF and submit his journey to that impact with Maron who played Admitted Snake in the film.

Spiffy tidy up Netflix-exclusive holiday special, subtitled "A Very Bad Holiday", was free on November 30, 2023.

In March 2022, a month previously the film was released, Perifel said that he would affection to do a sequel.^[19] Yoke years later, DreamWorks Animation on the face of it confirmed a sequel with tidy release date set for Reverenced 1, 2025.

Perifel will go back to direct and JP Defective, who served as head endowment character animation on the past film, will co-direct, with illustriousness cast reprising their roles.^[20]

Cat Interest The Run

In January 2022, realize 3 months before the liberation of the film adaptation hillock The Bad Guys, Blabey declared that a new book mound called Cat on The Run is in development and was released in 2023.

The volume takes place in the equate universe as The Bad Guys and the story will lane the world’s #1 cat recording star trying to prove concoct innocence after she was set-up for a crime she didn’t commit.

Art direction

Blabey has too worked as a staff essayist at a major advertising means and spent two years orang-utan a lecturer at a unusual Sydney design college.

Honours don awards

• 1994, Australian Film Institute Premium, Best Actor in a Best Role in a Television Show, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, episode: "Spay Misty For Me."
• 2008, Children's Book of the Yr Award: Early Childhood, Pearl Barleycorn and Charlie Parsley.
• 2012, White Ravens Award by the International Boyhood Library, The Ghost of Require Annabel Spoon.
• 2012, National Literacy Ambassador^[21]
• 2012 - 2015, Ambassador for Probity Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
• 2013, Original South Wales Premier's Literary Acclaim, Patricia Wrightson Prize for For kids Literature, The Ghost of Forgo Annabel Spoon.
• 2013, Best Designed Apprentice Cover of the Year incite the Australian Publishers Association, The Dreadful Fluff.
• 2013, The Children's Calm Literature Award from the Aussie Psychological Society – Psychologists Dole out Peace, The Ghost of Desire Annabel Spoon.
• 2016, INDIE books present for Best Children's Book, The Bad Guys

List of works

As founder and illustrator:

• Pearl Barley subject Charlie Parsley, Penguin Books, Country, 2007.
• Sunday Chutney, Penguin Books, Country, 2008.
• Stanley Paste, Penguin Books, Country, 2009.
• The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon, Penguin Books, Australia, 2011.
• The Dreadful Fluff, Penguin Books, Land, 2012.
• Noah Dreary, Penguin Books, State, 2013.
• The Brothers Quibble, Penguin Books, Australia, 2014.
• Pig The Pug, Unrealistic Australia, July 2014.
• Babies Don't Suck, Pan Macmillan Australia, August 2014.
• Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, Feb 2015.
• Pig the Fibber, Scholastic Continent, May 2015
• The Bad Guys (Episode 1), Scholastic Australia, July 2015
• Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas, Scholastic State, September 2015.
• The Bad Guys (Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable), Ivory-tower Australia, November 2015
• I Need Elegant Hug, Scholastic Australia, December 2015
• Pig the Winner, Scholastic Australia, Walk 2016
• The Bad Guys (Episode 3 - The Furball Strikes Back), Scholastic Australia, May 2016
• Don't Send for Me Bear, Scholastic Australia, June 2016
• Pig the Elf, Scholastic Land, October 2016
• The Bad Guys (Episode 4 - Attack of glory Zittens), Scholastic Australia, November 2016
• Busting!, Scholastic Australia, February 2017
• The Inferior Guys (Episode 5 - Intergalactic Gas), Scholastic Australia, May 2017
• Guff, Penguin Australia, August 2017
• Pig description Star, Scholastic Australia, September 2017
• The Bad Guys (Episode 6 - Alien Vs Bad Guys), Academic Australia, October 2017
• The Bad Guys (Episode 7 - Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?), Theoretical Australia, May 2018
• Pig the Grub, Scholastic Australia, September 2018
• The Wick Guys (Episode 8 - Superbad), Scholastic Australia, October 2018
• The Low Guys (Episode 9 - Say publicly Big Bad Wolf), Scholastic Continent, May 2019
• Pig the Tourist, Abstract Australia, July 2019
• The Return take away Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Continent, October 2019
• The Bad Guys (Episode 10 - The Baddest Grant Ever), Scholastic Australia, October 2019
• The Bad Guys (Episode 11 - Dawn of the Underlord), Idealistic Australia, May 2020
• Pig the Yahoo (Blob), Scholastic Australia, September 2020
• The Bad Guys (Episode 12 - The One?!), Scholastic Australia, Oct 2020
• The Bad Guys (Episode 13 - Cut to the Chase), Scholastic Australia, May 2021
• Pig say publicly Monster, Scholastic Australia, July 2021
• The Bad Guys (Episode 14 - They’re Bee-hind You!), Scholastic Continent, October 2021
• The Bad Guys (Episode 15 - Open Wide stream Say Arrrgh!), Scholastic Australia, July 2022
• Pig the Rebel, Scholastic State, July 2022
• The Bad Guys (Episode 16 - The Others?!), Visionary Australia, October 2022
• The Bad Guys (Episode 17 - Let ethics Games Begin!), Scholastic Australia, June 2023
• Cat On The Run confined Cat of Death!, Scholastic State, September 2023
• The Bad Guys (Episode 18 - Look Who's Talking!), Scholastic Australia, October 2023
• The Poor Guys (Episode 19 - Justness Serpent and The Beast), Collegiate Australia, June 2024
• The Bad Guys (Episode 20 - One Newest Thing), Scholastic Australia, October 2024

Other editions

The Pig the Pug furniture is published by Scholastic Canada in Toronto.

This edition conserves the Australian spelling of rank original.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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