 Biography
Martin
Brown is best known for his illustrations of the best-selling Horrible Histories
series.
Martin was born and brought up in Melbourne, Australia,
with his brother and sister. Ever since he can remember
he's been doodling and drawing cartoons. This enthusiasm
for non-stop doodling and being glued to cartoon TV
shows - especially Bugs Bunny - made his future career
choice obvious.
When Martin left school, he went to college to train
to become an art teacher but he didn't complete the
course. Instead, he spent a couple of years working
in a television studio before following in the footsteps
of thousands of Aussie backpackers and taking off round
the world. He arrived in London and didn't plan to stay,
but he soon settled there and started work.
 Martin
decided to see if he could make a living from the very
thing he liked doing most - drawing. It was slow at
first, the occasional cartoon or greetings card, but
the work built up through magazines, books and more
cards. His luck changed when he landed a job with Hippo
books to illustrate Peter Corey's book, Coping With
Parents. That started a long and happy relationship
with Scholastic and the rest, as they say, is (horrible)
history!
Martin lives with his wife, Sally, and their daughters
Emmy and Bella, in the Dorset countryside. Although they
don't have any pets the garden in front and the field
at the back are full of rabbits, shrews, crows, ducks
and a lone squirrel.
Click here to visit the Horrible Histories Book Zone
and see more of Martin's illustrations
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