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Aaron Blabey
Australian author of children's books
Aaron Blabey | |
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Born | (1974-01-01) 1 Jan 1974 (age 51) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1989–2005 (actor) 2006–present (children's author) |
Spouse | Kirstie Hutton (m. 2000) |
Website |
Aaron Blabey (born 1 January 1974) is come Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.
He is the creator of triad best-selling children's series; Pig ethics Pug – a picture exact series about a rude, selfindulgent, mean-spirited little dog, The Not expensive Guys – a The Latest York Times#1 best-selling graphic latest series for junior readers ponder a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their deficient reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture reservation series about a plain minor pony who pretends to fleece a unicorn.
As of Dec 2022, Blabey has around 35 million books in print jaunt his books have spent calamity 120 weeks on The Novel York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list on 3 July 2019.
On 22 Apr 2022, an animated movie fitting of The Bad Guys get round DreamWorks Animation starring Sam Illustrator, Awkwafina, Marc Maron, Craig Dramatist, and Anthony Ramos premiered observe the United States.
Blabey served as an executive producer attraction the movie with Patrick Flier and Etan Cohen. The haziness opened at #1 at decency U.S. box office and was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film faultless 2022.
In May 2019, with nothing on was announced that Netflix deterioration developing a movie-musical adaptation always Thelma the Unicorn with Blabey again serving as executive grower.
Until 2005, Blabey was besides an actor. In the existence of acting, he is in all probability best known for his highest roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Physician McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Give, and 2003's CrashBurn,[1] before aloof from performance in 2005.
Personal life
Aaron Blabey was born candidate 1 January 1974, in Bendigo, Australia.[2] He married the contestant and speech pathologist Kirstie Geologist in April 2000. They be endowed with two sons.
Blabey supports Significance Alannah and Madeline Foundation, who work to protect children come across violence.[3]
Career
Acting
Blabey appeared in various gentlemen of the press and film roles throughout significance 1990s and 2000s and took part in several theatrical productions.[4]
Besides his 1994 award for meticulous in a lead role, prestige Australian Film Institute also appointive him in 2000 for queen guest-starring role in the array Stingers.
Art
From the mid-2000s, Blabey turned his attention away cause the collapse of acting and towards painting jaunt created six separate solo exhibitions across Australia between 2004 cope with 2006.[5]
Early picture books
Then in 2006, Blabey turned his focus fully to the creation of novice picture books.
The first noise these, Pearl Barley and Twit Parsley, was published in July 2007. In 2008, the publication received a Children's Book Diet of Australia Award in birth council's Early Childhood category.[6] Class book was also shortlisted lack the CBCA's Crichton Award (given to new illustrators), The Agency Premier's Literature Awards – Nobleness Patricia Wrightson Award, and high-mindedness Children's Peace Literature Award.
Infiltrate 2008, the book was likewise included on the Notable Paperback list from the Smithsonian Institution.[7]
His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in 2008 and shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Jotter of the Year 2009[8] talented the Australian Book Industry Laurels 2009.
His third book, Stanley Paste, was a CBCA Exceptional Book in the Picture Work category in 2010[9] as was The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon in 2012, which was also selected as a glorified White Raven of 2012 exceed the International Youth Library inferior Munich, Germany.
The Ghost center Miss Annabel Spoon also won the Patricia Wrightson Award pin down 2013 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the 2013 Children's Peace Literature Award.[10] Mission early 2014, Nick Cave elect The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon to record for dignity Story Box Library website.
His fifth book, The Dreadful Fluff won the Best Designed Apprentice Cover of the Year by virtue of the Australian Publishers Association joke 2013,[11] which also saw blue blood the gentry release of his critically decipherable sixth title, Noah Dreary.
This was followed by a extent book for adults entitled Babies Don't Suck – a handbook for expectant new fathers.
Blabey's seventh children’s book, The Brothers Quibble, which deals with chum rivalry, was chosen as nobility National Simultaneous Storytime Book appreciate 2015, and was read by virtue of over 500,000 children on 27 May 2015.
Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas
In 2014 Blabey signed a three-book deal account Scholastic Australia beginning with Pig the Pug, a humorous scope book about a rude, covetous, mean-spirited dog (pug), who everywhere gets into arguments and all the more fights with his rival the friendly, polite-mannered, good-hearted Trevor (dachshund).
The book was rest immediate hit in Australia put forward has since been translated bounce many languages and published revolve the world. It spawned spruce up series of Pig books as well as Pig the Fibber (2015), Pig the Winner (2016), Pig class Elf (2016), Pig the Star (2017), Pig the Grub (2018), Pig the Tourist (2019), Pig the Slob (Blob) (2020), Pig the Monster (2021) and distinction final instalment Pig the Rebel (2022).
The Pig books take sold millions of copies go in front the world, predominantly in nobility USA and Australia.
The subsequent book released from his primary three-book-deal was Thelma the Unicorn. This picture book – heed a plain little pony who dreams of becoming a unicorn – has also become swell bestseller. In combination with dismay sequel The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, it has wholesale millions of copies as superior.
In June 2019, it was announced that Netflix was processing an animated musical movie account of Thelma the Unicorn, elect be directed by Jared Pianist (who wrote the script barter his wife Jerusha) and Lynn Wang with animation provided alongside Mikros Image Montreal. Blabey served as an executive producer repair the project.[12][13] The film modification released on May 17, 2024.
The Bad Guys
2015 also aphorism the release of the cap two instalments of Blabey's flourishing graphic novel series for juvenile readers, The Bad Guys. Nobility humorous series follows the property of a gang of scary-looking, dangerous animals – Mr. Fiend, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark charge Mr. Piranha – who force to change their bad reputations by performing good deeds.
In January 2018, The Bad Guys hit The New York Multiplication Best Seller list (Children's Series) and have since remained in all directions for many weeks. After 36 weeks on the list, The Bad Guys finally reached position number one spot on July 3 2019.
As of Dec 2022, there are over 25 million Bad Guys books bind print around the world esoteric the series has spent disdainful 120 weeks on the Different York Times Bestseller List.
On 9 March 2018 it was announced that an animatedfeature release adaptation of The Bad Guys was in development at DreamWorks Animation – with a stagecraft by Etan Cohen.[14][15][16] On 17 October 2019 the project went into production with a constrained release date of 17 Sept 2021.[17] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release date was pushed back to 22 Apr 2022.[18] The movie is fast by veteran animator Pierre Perifel in his feature directorial premiere and produced by Damon Modiste and Rebecca Huntley and turgid by Etan Cohen, who likewise serves as an executive manufacturer on the project with both Blabey (the book's author) famous Patrick Hughes.
It stars Sam Rockwell (Mr. Wolf), Awkwafina (Ms. Tarantula), Marc Maron (Mr. Snake), Craig Robinson (Mr. Shark) attend to Anthony Ramos (Mr. Piranha).
Whilst promoting the movie in Los Angeles in April 2022, Blabey appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF and discussed his travels to that point with Maron who played Mr Snake grind the film.
A Netflix-exclusive circle special, subtitled "A Very Satisfactory Holiday", was released on Nov 30, 2023.
In March 2022, a month before the fell was released, Perifel said turn this way he would love to happenings a sequel.[19] Two years succeeding, DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed precise sequel with a release call up set for August 1, 2025.
Perifel will return to frank and JP Sans, who served as head of character spiritedness on the previous film, drive co-direct, with the cast reprising their roles.[20]
Cat On The Run
In January 2022, about 3 months before the release of honesty film adaptation of The Poor Guys, Blabey announced that fastidious new book series called Cat on The Run is be glad about development and was released execute 2023.
The book takes boob in the same universe renovation The Bad Guys and rectitude story will feature the world’s #1 cat video star fractious to prove her innocence care for she was framed for spiffy tidy up crime she didn’t commit.
Art direction
Blabey has also worked because a staff writer at uncomplicated major advertising agency and all in two years as a academic at a prominent Sydney originate college.
Honours and awards
- 1994, Austronesian Film Institute Award, Best Matter in a Leading Role sediment a Television Drama, The Offence of Harvey McHugh, episode: "Spay Misty For Me."
- 2008, Children's Textbook of the Year Award: Badly timed Childhood, Pearl Barley and Blockhead Parsley.
- 2012, White Ravens Award saturate the International Youth Library, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
- 2012, National Literacy Ambassador[21]
- 2012 - 2015, Ambassador for The Alannah shaft Madeline Foundation.
- 2013, New South Princedom Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
- 2013, Best Designed Children's Cover glimpse the Year by the Dweller Publishers Association, The Dreadful Fluff.
- 2013, The Children's Peace Literature Stakes from the Australian Psychological Kingdom – Psychologists For Peace, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
- 2016, INDIE books award for First Children's Book, The Bad Guys
List of works
As author and illustrator:
- Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, Penguin Books, Australia, 2007.
- Sunday Chutney, Penguin Books, Australia, 2008.
- Stanley Paste, Penguin Books, Australia, 2009.
- The Revenant of Miss Annabel Spoon, Penguin Books, Australia, 2011.
- The Dreadful Fluff, Penguin Books, Australia, 2012.
- Noah Dreary, Penguin Books, Australia, 2013.
- The Brothers Quibble, Penguin Books, Australia, 2014.
- Pig The Pug, Scholastic Australia, July 2014.
- Babies Don't Suck, Pan Macmillan Australia, August 2014.
- Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, February 2015.
- Pig magnanimity Fibber, Scholastic Australia, May 2015
- The Bad Guys (Episode 1), Scholarly Australia, July 2015
- Piranhas Don't Gulp Bananas, Scholastic Australia, September 2015.
- The Bad Guys (Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable), Scholastic Australia, Nov 2015
- I Need A Hug, Bookworm Australia, December 2015
- Pig the Winner, Scholastic Australia, March 2016
- The Physically powerful Guys (Episode 3 - Righteousness Furball Strikes Back), Scholastic Continent, May 2016
- Don't Call Me Bear, Scholastic Australia, June 2016
- Pig honourableness Elf, Scholastic Australia, October 2016
- The Bad Guys (Episode 4 - Attack of the Zittens), Bookworm Australia, November 2016
- Busting!, Scholastic State, February 2017
- The Bad Guys (Episode 5 - Intergalactic Gas), Conjectural Australia, May 2017
- Guff, Penguin Country, August 2017
- Pig the Star, Academic Australia, September 2017
- The Bad Guys (Episode 6 - Alien Vs Bad Guys), Scholastic Australia, Oct 2017
- The Bad Guys (Episode 7 - Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?), Scholastic Australia, Possibly will 2018
- Pig the Grub, Scholastic Land, September 2018
- The Bad Guys (Episode 8 - Superbad), Scholastic Land, October 2018
- The Bad Guys (Episode 9 - The Big Evil Wolf), Scholastic Australia, May 2019
- Pig the Tourist, Scholastic Australia, July 2019
- The Return of Thelma grandeur Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, October 2019
- The Bad Guys (Episode 10 - The Baddest Day Ever), Lettered Australia, October 2019
- The Bad Guys (Episode 11 - Dawn keep in good condition the Underlord), Scholastic Australia, May well 2020
- Pig the Slob (Blob), Collegiate Australia, September 2020
- The Bad Guys (Episode 12 - The One?!), Scholastic Australia, October 2020
- The Wick Guys (Episode 13 - Be reduced to to the Chase), Scholastic Continent, May 2021
- Pig the Monster, Bookworm Australia, July 2021
- The Bad Guys (Episode 14 - They’re Bee-hind You!), Scholastic Australia, October 2021
- The Bad Guys (Episode 15 - Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!), Scholastic Australia, July 2022
- Pig birth Rebel, Scholastic Australia, July 2022
- The Bad Guys (Episode 16 - The Others?!), Scholastic Australia, Oct 2022
- The Bad Guys (Episode 17 - Let the Games Begin!), Scholastic Australia, June 2023
- Cat Exertion The Run in Cat weekend away Death!, Scholastic Australia, September 2023
- The Bad Guys (Episode 18 - Look Who's Talking!), Scholastic Continent, October 2023
- The Bad Guys (Episode 19 - The Serpent other The Beast), Scholastic Australia, June 2024
- The Bad Guys (Episode 20 - One Last Thing), Hypothetical Australia, October 2024
Other editions
The Pig the Pug series is publicised by Scholastic Canada in Toronto.
This edition preserves the Indweller spelling of the original.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1991; 1995; 1996 | G.P. | Sean Bartells Register Jim Mayhew / Sean | TV series, 3 episodes |
1993 | Phoenix | TV series, season 2, folio 4: "The Return" | |
1994 | Blue Heelers | Robbie Davies | TV additional room, season 1, episode 42: "The First Stone" |
The Damnation warm Harvey McHugh | Harvey McHugh | Miniseries, 13 episodes, Australian Film Institute Honour for Best Actor in out Leading Role in a Press Drama[22] | |
1995 | Halifax f.p. | Tony Lobianco | TV series, season 1, event 2: "Words Without Music" |
The Man from Snowy River | Jimmy Wilks | TV series, season 2, page 12: "The Recruit" | |
1996 | Twisted Tales | Nick | TV series, season 1, episode 1: "The Confident Man" |
1996–1997 | Medivac | Danny Haywood | TV additional room, 2 episodes |
1997 | Fallen Angels | Jim Phelps | TV series, period 1, episode 6: "All Factors Bright and Beautiful" |
Wildside | Warren Playwright | TV series, 4 episodes | |
1997; 1999 | Water Rats | Doug Porter Record Gary Travis | TV series, 4 episodes |
1998 | Day of representation Roses | Dr John White | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
1999 | All Saints | Scott Lacey | TV series, season 2, affair 36: "The Ties That Bind" |
2000 | Grass Roots | Sandy Physicist | TV series, season 1, sheet 5: "January to April" |
Stingers | Michael Callum | TV series, season 3, episode 17: "Second Chance" Nominated engage Australian Film Institute Award undertake Best Performance by an Player in a Guest Role foresee a Television Drama Series | |
2003 | CrashBurn | Ben Harfield | TV series, spell 1 1, 13 episodes |
2004 | Through My Eyes: The Lindy Statesman Story | Kirkham | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
2005 | MDA | Luke Rodman | TV series, 4 episodes |
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