AARON BLABEY
Aaron Blabey lives in Sydney and is the creator of three picture books published by Penguin Australia.

The first is Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (2007) which has achieved remarkable success. It won the 2008 Children’s Book Council Awards – Book of the Year (Early Childhood) and was short-listed for both the Crighton Award for New Illustrators and the prestigious New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards. Aaron’s second book Sunday Chutney was published in 2008 and shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year. His latest book is Stanley Paste.

Prior to this Aaron has made his living as an artist exhibiting across the country and before that he was an actor for 15 years appearing in countless television programs, theatre productions and films. In 1994 he was the recipient of the coveted Australian Film Industry Award for Best Actor and was nominated again in 2000.

He no longer acts, has many books in the pipeline, is studying design and plans to extend his career into Art Direction.

Aaron is 34 years old, married and the father of two small sons.

Due to his other professional commitments Aaron is not freely available for school visits but has some very limited time for conferences and professional development sessions.

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