Johnny Hannah

Jonny Hannah was born in Dunfermline. He studied illustration at Liverpool Art School and then The Royal College of Art. Since 1998, he has worked consistently as an illustrator in most fields. He has collaborated with the animator Jonathan Hodgson, and in 2000 they completed 'The Man With The Beautiful Eyes', a five minute animation for Channel Four Television which went on to win many awards, including the BAFTA that year. In 2001 he co-published 'The Captain's Alphabet' with Peter Sampson at Merivale Editions, which like most of his fine printed ephemera, quickly sold out. Hot Jazz Special, a book of red-hot rhymes and cool cats, is his first offering for children and published by Walker Books. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Victoria & Albert Museum Illustration Award.