Kate Winter Wins Klaus Flugge Prize 2024
Congrats to Kate Winter, the winner of the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize for her book The Fossil Hunter.
The prize is awarded to the most exciting and promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.
Kate won for her book The Fossil Hunter (Puffin Books), which tells the story of Mary Anning, the 19th century palaeontologist whose discoveries in the cliffs of Lyme Regis transformed scientists’ understanding of the world. Via atmospheric watercolour illustrations, the book skilfully tells Mary’s personal story and details her discoveries and their scientific impact. Special gatefolds are a key part of the book, opening to reveal the prehistoric past, allowing readers to dip into Mary’s mind to see what she is thinking.
Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize honours publisher Klaus Flugge, a supremely influential figure in picture books. Flugge set up Andersen Press in 1976 and discovered and nurtured many of today’s most distinguished illustrators including David McKee, Tony Ross, Satoshi Kitamura, Ruth Brown and Susan Varley. In April 2023 he was awarded the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award to add to his list of honours.
Find out more about the 2024 longest here
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