Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s funniest writers for children.
His books have sold over 4 million copies worldwide, have featured on the New York Times bestseller lists, and have won over 40 Australian children’s choice awards.
In 2008 Just Shocking! was the first book to win all six children’s choice awards in one year. Andy has also been a singer in a punk band, an English high school teacher and worked as an editor and publisher of educational books focusing on English and writing. As Andy writes, ‘The world of children’s book should be really wild and free like rock ‘n’ roll. That’s where I take a lot of my inspiration, along with lashings of Astonishing Tales comics, Cole’s Funny Picture Books, MAD Magazine, Dr Seuss, Lewis Carroll and Enid Blyton.’ Most recently, Andy Griffiths’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Just Macbeth!, toured Australia to glowing reviews.
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