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Aaron Blabey

Australian author of children's books

Aaron Blabey

Born () 1 January (age&#;51)

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Occupations
Years&#;active– (actor)
–present (children's author)
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Kirstie Hutton

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Aaron Blabey (born 1 January ) is an Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.

He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug – a picture book series about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited little dog, The Bad Guys – a The New York Times#1 best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture book series about a plain little pony who pretends to be a unicorn.

As of December , Blabey has around 35 million books in print and his books have spent over weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list on 3 July

On 22 April , an animated movie adaptation of The Terrible Guys from DreamWorks Animation starring Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, and Anthony Ramos premiered in the United States.

Blabey served as an executive producer on the movie with Patrick Hughes and Etan Cohen. The movie opened at #1 at the U.S. box office and was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of

In May , it was announced that Netflix is developing a movie-musical adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn with Blabey again serving as executive producer.

Until , Blabey was also an actor. In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 's CrashBurn,[1] before retiring from performance in

Personal life

Aaron Blabey was born on 1 January , in Bendigo, Australia.[2] He married the actress and speech pathologist Kirstie Hutton in April They have two sons.

Blabey supports The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, who serve to protect children from violence.[3]

Career

Acting

Blabey appeared in various television and film roles throughout the s and s and took part in several theatrical productions.[4]

Besides his award for acting in a lead role, the Australian Production Institute also nominated him in for his guest-starring role in the series Stingers.

Art

From the mids, Blabey turned his attention away from acting and towards painting and created six separate solo exhibitions across Australia between and [5]

Early picture books

Then in , Blabey turned his highlight entirely to the creation of children's picture books.

The first of these, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, was published in July In , the novel received a Children's Book Council of Australia Award in the council's Early Childhood category.[6] The book was also shortlisted for the CBCA's Crichton Award (given to new illustrators), The NSW Premier's Literature Awards – The Patricia Wrightson Award, and the Children's Peace Literature Award.

In , the book was also included on the Notable Manual list from the Smithsonian Institution.[7]

His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in and shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year [8] and the Australian Book Industry Awards

His third book, Stanley Paste, was a CBCA Notable Book in the Picture Book category in [9] as was The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon in , which was also selected as a prestigious White Raven of by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

In it was announced that a movie adaptation of The Poor Guys is in development at DreamWorks Animation with Blabey serving as an executive producer on the project. Shop books by Aaron Blabey below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store. All of the other animals change him away because of his prickly spikes.

The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon also won the Patricia Wrightson Award in New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the Children's Harmony Literature Award.[10] In early , Nick Cave selected The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon to record for the Story Box Library website.

His fifth manual, The Dreadful Fluff won the Best Designed Children's Cover of the Year by the Australian Publishers Association in ,[11] which also saw the release of his critically acclaimed sixth title, Noah Dreary.

This was followed by a picture book for adults entitled Babies Don't Suck – a guide for expectant new fathers.

Blabey's seventh children’s book, The Brothers Quibble, which deals with sibling rivalry, was chosen as the National Simultaneous Storytime Book of , and was read by over , children on 27 May

Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

In Blabey signed a three-book deal with Scholastic Australia beginning with Pig the Pug, a humorous picture book about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited dog (pug), who always gets into arguments and even fights with his rival playmate, the friendly, polite-mannered, good-hearted Trevor (dachshund).

The book was an immediate hit in Australia and has since been translated into many languages and published around the world. It spawned a series of Pig books including Pig the Fibber (), Pig the Winner (), Pig the Elf (), Pig the Star (), Pig the Grub (), Pig the Tourist (), Pig the Slob (Blob) (), Pig the Monster () and the final instalment Pig the Rebel ().

The Pig books have sold millions of copies around the world, predominantly in the USA and Australia.

The second book released from his initial three-book-deal was Thelma the Unicorn. This picture book – about a plain little pony who dreams of becoming a unicorn – has also develop a bestseller.

In combination with its sequel The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, it has sold millions of copies as well.

In June , it was announced that Netflix was developing an animated musical feature adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn, to be directed by Jared Hess (who wrote the script with his wife Jerusha) and Lynn Wang with animation provided by Mikros Image Montreal.

Blabey served as an executive producer on the project.[12][13] The clip adaptation released on May 17,

The Bad Guys

also saw the release of the first two instalments of Blabey's best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers, The Bad Guys.

The humorous series follows the adventures of a gang of scary-looking, dangerous animals – Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark and Mr. Piranha – who aim to change their bad reputations by performing good deeds.

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In January , The Bad Guys hit The New York Times Best Seller list (Children's Series) and have since remained there for many weeks. After 36 weeks on the list, The Bad Guys finally reached the number one spot on July 3

As of December , there are over 25 million Bad Guys books in produce around the world and the series has spent over weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.

On 9 Pride it was announced that an animatedfeature film adaptation of The Bad Guys was in growth at DreamWorks Animation – with a screenplay by Etan Cohen.[14][15][16] On 17 October the plan went into production with a scheduled release date of 17 September [17] Due to the COVID pandemic, the release dine was pushed back to 22 April [18] The movie is directed by veteran animator Pierre Perifel in his feature directorial debut and produced by Damon Ross and Rebecca Huntley and written by Etan Cohen, who also serves as an executive producer on the project with both Blabey (the book's author) and Patrick Hughes.

It stars Sam Rockwell (Mr. Wolf), Awkwafina (Ms. Tarantula), Marc Maron (Mr. Snake), Craig Robinson (Mr. Shark) and Anthony Ramos (Mr. Piranha).

Whilst promoting the movie in Los Angeles in April , Blabey appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF and discussed his journey to that point with Maron who played Mr Snake in the film.

A Netflix-exclusive holiday special, subtitled "A Very Bad Holiday", was released on November 30,

In March , a month before the production was released, Perifel said that he would love to undertake a sequel.[19] Two years later, DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed a sequel with a release go out set for August 1, Perifel will return to direct and JP Sans, who served as head of character animation on the previous film, will co-direct, with the cast reprising their roles.[20]

Cat On The Run

In January , about 3 months before the release of the clip adaptation of The Bad Guys, Blabey announced that a recent book series called Cat on The Run is in growth and was released in The book takes place in the same universe as The Horrible Guys and the story will feature the world’s #1 feline video star trying to establish her innocence after she was framed for a crime she didn’t commit.

Art direction

Blabey has also worked as a staff writer at a major advertising agency and spent two years as a lecturer at a prominent Sydney design college.

author & illustrators Aaron Blabey Born: Bendigo, Victoria Lives: Leura, NSW. Author/Illustrator of: Stanley Paste, Noah Dreary, The Brothers Quibble, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon and Pig the Pug Aaron’s fi rst book, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley achieved memorable success. It won the

Honours and awards

  • , Australian Motion picture Institute Award, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, episode: "Spay Misty For Me."
  • , Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley.
  • , White Ravens Award by the International Youth Library, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , National Literacy Ambassador[21]
  • - , Representative for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
  • , New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , Finest Designed Children's Cover of the Year by the Australian Publishers Association, The Dreadful Fluff.
  • , The Children's Peace Literature Award from the Australian Psychological Society – Psychologists For Peace, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , INDIE books award for Best Children's Book, The Bad Guys

List of works

As author and illustrator:

  • Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Sunday Chutney, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Stanley Paste, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Dreadful Fluff, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Noah Dreary, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Brothers Quibble, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Pig The Pug, Scholastic Australia, July
  • Babies Don't Suck, Pan Macmillan Australia, August
  • Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, February
  • Pig the Fibber, Scholastic Australia, May
  • The Awful Guys (Episode 1), Scholastic Australia, July
  • Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Terrible Guys (Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable), Scholastic Australia, November
  • I Need A Hug, Scholastic Australia, December
  • Pig the Winner, Scholastic Australia, March
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 3 - The Furball Strikes Back), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Don't Call Me Bear, Scholastic Australia, June
  • Pig the Elf, Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Lousy Guys (Episode 4 - Invade of the Zittens), Scholastic Australia, November
  • Busting!, Scholastic Australia, February
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 5 - Intergalactic Gas), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Guff, Penguin Australia, August
  • Pig the Star, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 6 - Alien Vs Awful Guys), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 7 - Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Grub, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 8 - Superbad), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 9 - The Big Bad Wolf), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Tourist, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Poor Guys (Episode 10 - The Baddest Day Ever), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 11 - Dawn of the Underlord), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Slob (Blob), Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 12 - The One?!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 13 - Cut to the Chase), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Monster, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 14 - They’re Bee-hind You!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Awful Guys (Episode 15 - Expose Wide and Say Arrrgh!), Scholastic Australia, July
  • Pig the Rebel, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Horrible Guys (Episode 16 - The Others?!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 17 - Let the Games Begin!), Scholastic Australia, June
  • Cat On The Run in Cat of Death!, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Horrible Guys (Episode 18 - Stare Who's Talking!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 19 - The Serpent and The Beast), Scholastic Australia, June
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 20 - One Last Thing), Scholastic Australia, October

Other editions

The Pig the Pug series is published by Scholastic Canada in Toronto.

This edition preserves the Australian spelling of the original.

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Film Role Notes
; ; G.P.Sean Bartells / Jim Mayhew / Sean TV series, 3 episodes
PhoenixTV series, season 2, episode 4: "The Return"
Blue HeelersRobbie Davies TV series, season 1, episode "The First Stone"
The Damnation of Harvey McHughHarvey McHugh Miniseries, 13 episodes, Australian Production Institute Award for Best Player in a Leading Role in a Television Drama[22]
Halifax f.p.Tony Lobianco TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Words Without Music"
The Man from Snowy RiverJimmy Wilks TV series, season 2, episode "The Recruit"
Twisted TalesNick TV series, season 1, episode 1: "The Confident Man"
– MedivacDanny Haywood TV series, 2 episodes
Fallen AngelsJim Phelps TV series, season 1, episode 6: "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
WildsideWarren Beckett TV series, 4 episodes
; Water RatsDoug Porter / Gary Travis TV series, 4 episodes
Day of the RosesDr John White Miniseries, 2 episodes
All SaintsScott Lacey TV series, season 2, episode "The Ties That Bind"
Grass RootsSandy Maxwell TV series, season 1, episode 5: "January to April"
StingersMichael Callum TV series, season 3, episode "Second Chance"
Nominated for Australian Production Institute Award for Best Recital by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series
CrashBurnBen Harfield TV series, season 1, 13 episodes
Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain StoryKirkham Miniseries, 2 episodes
MDALuke Rodman TV series, 4 episodes

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    Aaron Blabey facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia: Aaron Blabey is most widely known for his well-loved, best-selling children's picture books for which he has won many awards including an INDIE Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, a Children's Book Council of Australia - Book of the Year Award, a NSW Premiers Literary Award for Children's Literature, two Australian Book Design Awards.

    Retrieved 25 June

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    He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug — a picture novel series about a rude, inconsiderate, mean-spirited little dog, The Awful Guys — a The Recent York Times 1 best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn — a second picture book series about a plain little pony who pretends to be a unicorn. As of DecemberBlabey has around 35 million books in print and his books have spent over weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached 1 on the list on 3 July Blabey served as an executive producer on the movie with Patrick Hughes and Etan Cohen.

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    Aaron Blabey is a #1 New York Times Bestselling writer with around 30 million books in print. He is the creator of three globally accepted book series - The Horrible Guys, Pig the Pug and Thelma the Unicorn. His series The Bad Guys The Modern York Times Bestseller list and has been adapted into a thrilling animated movie by DreamWorks on which Aaron served.

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