Shaun Tan
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Shaun Tan is an Australian science fiction and fantasy illustrator and painter. He received the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist in 2007. He is best known for his picture books for children, some of which have been or are being adapted to stage or film. Five of his original works are included in the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition World Tour, touring through 2009 and into 2010.
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Books
As illustrator
- The Stray Cat, by Steven Paulsen (1996)
- Pipe, by James Moloney (1996)
- The Viewer, by Gary Crew (1997)
- The Half Dead, By Garry Disher (1997)
- The Doll, by Janine Burke (1997)
- The Rabbits, by John Marsden (1998)
- Memorial, by Gary Crew (1999)
- The Puppet, by Ian Bone (1999)
- The Hicksville Horror, by Nette Hilton (1999)
As author and illustrator
- The pop (1998)
- The Lost Thing (1999)
- The Red Tree (Lothian Publishing Company HC 2001, Simply Read Books HC 2003; Lothian Children's Books pb 2008)
- The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine Books, October 1, 2007)
- Tales From Outer Suburbia (Arthur A. Levine Books, February 1, 2009)
Film and theater
- The Red Tree - Theatre Production, with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, 2004
- The Lost Thing - Theatre Production, with Jigsaw Theatre, 2004
- Aquasapiens - Street Theatre Puppet performance, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 2005
- The Arrival - Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 2006
- ACO: The Red Tree - Musical Production: Australian Chamber Orchestra, July 2008
- Shaun Tan was one of the conceptual artists for the film Wall-E, released in 2008 by Pixar. Conceptual art for that film was collected in The Art of WALL.E, by Tim Hauser (Chronicle Books HC, April 30, 2008)
- The Lost Thing is being adapted into a Short Animated Film, with Passion Pictures
Awards
- The Lost Thing received an Honourable Mention at the Bologna International Book Fair, Italy, was named an Honour Book at the CBCA Awards, won an Aurealis Award and a Spectrum Award for illustration in the United States.
- Memorial won an Honour Book award in the 2000 CBCA awards, won an APA Design Award for best designed children’s book and was short-listed for the Queensland Premier’s Book Awards.
- The Arrival was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2008.
