Aaron Blecha Illustration

AARON BLECHA is an artist and author who designs funny characters, and illustrates humorous books, including the popular George Brown, Class Clown and Shark School series. Blecha's has recently authored Goodnight, Grizzle Grump! and Good Morning, Grizzle Grump! by HarperCollins Childrens. In addition to illustrating children’s books, he works as a character designer in TV development (Disney, Curious Pictures, eOne Family). Aaron was born and raised (by giant squid) in Green Bay, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997. After leaving school and bouncing around to Chicago, then Copenhagen- he landed in California. In San Francisco, Blecha worked as an animator and character designer in the animation and toy industries. He moved to London in 2007 and has been freelancing ever since. Today he lives with his family in Brighton & Hove, on the south coast of England.