The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson (* 1948 in London) ist eine britische Autorin.

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Donaldson studierte Literaturwissenschaft und Französisch an der University of Bristol und arbeitete als Lektorin, Journalistin und Lehrerin. Heute lebt sie als freie Schriftstellerin im schottischen Glasgow.

Donaldson begann ihre Karriere als Autorin von Liedern für Kinderfernsehen. Ihr Lied A Squash And A Squeeze wurde 1993 als Buch publiziert. Seither hat sie zahlreiche Kinderbücher geschrieben, darunter den Bestseller The Gruffalo, der von Axel Scheffler illustriert wurde. Für das Buch The Gruffalo erhielt sie drei wichtige englische Buchpreise (Smarties Prize, den Blue Peter Award sowie den Experian Big Three Award). The Gruffalo ist in über 30 Sprachen erschienen, u.a. unter dem Titel Der Grüffelo auch auf deutsch.

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