佩特·哈群斯

派翠西亚·伊芙琳·哈群斯（英语：Patricia Evelyn Hutchins，1942年6月18日—2017年11月8日）是英国绘本作家，创作了40多部绘本和短篇小说，其著名作品包括《母鸡萝丝去散步》、《晚安，猫头鹰》、《风吹起来》等。1974年，因《风吹起来》而荣获凯特·格林威奖。

生平

出生于英格兰约克郡，在家中七个孩子中排行第六。自幼便喜爱画画，16岁时获得当地一家艺术学院的奖学金，三年后（1960年）进入利兹艺术学院就读，1962年毕业。毕业后前往伦敦工作，1963年起在智威汤逊广告公司工作，并在那里结识了未来的丈夫劳伦斯·哈群斯。1966年与劳伦斯结婚，并移居美国纽约市。

哈群斯在麦米伦出版公司一位编辑苏珊·赫希曼的鼓励之下，创作了她的处女作《母鸡萝丝去散步》，1968年出版，使她一举成名。

1968年，哈群斯夫妻搬回英国，定居在伦敦。

2017年11月8日，哈群斯在伦敦的家中去世，享年75岁。

家庭

丈夫：劳伦斯·哈群斯，也是一名艺术家，于2008年去世。

儿子：摩根和山姆。

Patricia Evelyn Hutchins (18 June 1942 – 8 November 2017) was an English illustrator, writer of children's books, and broadcaster. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for her book The Wind Blew. On screen, she was best known as 'Loopy-Lobes' the second owner of the "Ragdoll boat" in the long-running children's series Rosie and Jim.

Hutchins was married to illustrator Laurence Hutchins, with whom she had two children. He provided the illustrations for some of her books for early readers.

Biography

Hutchins was born 18 June 1942 in Yorkshire, the sixth of seven children.

She won a scholarship to Darlington School of Art in 1958, continued studying illustration at Leeds College of Art in 1960, and graduated in 1962. She worked for an advertising agency in London to 1966 when she married Laurence Hutchins and moved to New York City for two years. There she worked on writing and illustrating her first picture book, Rosie's Walk, published in 1968 by The Bodley Head and Macmillan US. In the United States, it was a runner-up for the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the librarians named it a 1968 ALA Notable Book. It remains her work most widely catalogued by WorldCat participating libraries. Titch and its sequels were noted for drawing on Hutchins' family life for its depiction of a sibling relationship.

Pat Hutchins wrote novels for early readers, some illustrated by husband Laurence, and more than two dozen picture books. Beside winning the 1974 Greenaway Medal, she was a commended runner up for One-Eyed Jack (1979), another book she wrote and illustrated.

In 1994، Hutchins took over from John Cunliffe as the presenter of the British children's television series, Rosie and Jim. She played the role of an artistic narrowboat owner and illustrator, referred to as Loopy Lobes by the two puppet characters because of the large and elaborate earrings she wore during her tenure. Hutchins appeared in 45 episodes over two series and subsequently illustrated books for the franchise. Her role was later taken over by musician Neil Brewer in 1996.

Between 1997 and 2001 the Titch series of books were made into a stop motion television programme for young children. Three complete series were produced by "Hutchins Film Company" and broadcast on Children's ITV. According to Hutchins, each episode took two weeks to produce. It was costly and the process was lengthy, hence the series ending after its third run. The series later re-aired on the Tiny Living strand from 2001 until 2005 and then Channel Five's Milkshake! programme thread from 2005 until 2006. VHS tapes and DVDs were produced during its run.

Hutchins died from cancer on 8 November 2017, aged 75.

Selected works

Written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins

Hutchins wrote and illustrated about fifty books.

Illustrated by Laurence Hutchins

These books were all written by Pat Hutchins, illustrated by Laurence Hutchins, and published by The Bodley Head (except for the last one).

The House that Sailed Away (Greenwillow, 1975; Bodley, 1976)

Follow That Bus! (Bodley, 1977)

The Mona Lisa Mystery (Bodley, 1981)

The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy (Bodley, 1983)

Rats! (Bodley, 1989)

I'm the King of the Castle (Oberon Books, 2005)