John O’Leary

John O’Leary studied graphic design at the National College of Art & design, Dublin and printmaking at  the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino in Italy. He worked as a designer and illustrator for some years before becoming a full-time author/illustrator of picture books for young children.

John’s first book, Ten on a Train, was published by Frances Lincoln in 1995 and since then he has produced ten titles for novelty book publisher, Tango Books. Most of his books have an educational slant and regularly contain paper engineering which he designs personally in order to achieve a good match between pop-up and illustration.

The narrative of his stories is generally visually-led with the text playing a more incidental role. He hopes this makes his books more manageable for children who might be struggling with their reading.

John lives and works in London and is married with two children.

For more info go to  www.oleary-irsara.com/john.htm

JOHN’S BOOKS
Ten on a Train 1995 Franes Lincoln
Spooky Ride, 2001 Tango Books
Pirate Treasure Hunt, 2004 Tango Books
Professor Mole’s Machines, 2004 Tango Books
Watch Out in the Jungle, 2005 Tango Books
Space Voyagers, Tango Books, publication date to be decided
The Great Bowdini’s Optical Illusions, 2005 Tango Books
The Big Match, 2006 Tango Books
It’s Magic, 2007 Tango Books
Motormouse, 2009 Tango Books
Dick Paws and the Case of the Golden Cat 2009 Tango books