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Aaron Blabey

Australian author of children's books

Aaron Blabey

Born () 1 January (age&#;51)

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Occupations
Years&#;active– (actor)
–present (children's author)
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Kirstie Hutton

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Aaron Blabey (born 1 January ) is an Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.

He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug – a picture book series about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited little dog, The Bad Guys – a The New York Times#1 best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture book series about a plain little pony who pretends to be a unicorn.

As of December , Blabey has around 35 million books in print and his books have spent over weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list on 3 July

On 22 April , an animated movie adaptation of The Awful Guys from DreamWorks Animation starring Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, and Anthony Ramos premiered in the United States.

Blabey served as an executive producer on the movie with Patrick Hughes and Etan Cohen. The movie opened at #1 at the U.S. box office and was the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of

In May , it was announced that Netflix is developing a movie-musical adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn with Blabey again serving as executive producer.

Until , Blabey was also an actor. In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 's CrashBurn,[1] before retiring from performance in

Personal life

Aaron Blabey was born on 1 January , in Bendigo, Australia.[2] He married the actress and speech pathologist Kirstie Hutton in April They have two sons.

Blabey supports The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, who serve to protect children from violence.[3]

Career

Acting

Blabey appeared in various television and film roles throughout the s and s and took part in several theatrical productions.[4]

Besides his award for acting in a lead role, the Australian Movie Institute also nominated him in for his guest-starring role in the series Stingers.

Art

From the mids, Blabey turned his attention away from acting and towards painting and created six separate solo exhibitions across Australia between and [5]

Early picture books

Then in , Blabey turned his fixate entirely to the creation of children's picture books.

The first of these, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, was published in July In , the guide received a Children's Book Council of Australia Award in the council's Early Childhood category.[6] The book was also shortlisted for the CBCA's Crichton Award (given to new illustrators), The NSW Premier's Literature Awards – The Patricia Wrightson Award, and the Children's Peace Literature Award.

In , the book was also included on the Notable Novel list from the Smithsonian Institution.[7]

His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in and shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year [8] and the Australian Book Industry Awards

His third book, Stanley Paste, was a CBCA Notable Book in the Picture Book category in [9] as was The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon in , which was also selected as a prestigious White Raven of by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon also won the Patricia Wrightson Award in New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the Children's Peace Literature Award.[10] In early , Nick Cave selected The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon to record for the Story Box Library website.

Aaron Blabey is a #1 Recent York Times Bestselling author with around 30 million books in print. He is also the co-executive producer of the The Bad Guys movie by DreamWorks Animation and the upcoming Netflix movie-musical adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn.

His fifth book, The Dreadful Fluff won the Optimal Designed Children's Cover of the Year by the Australian Publishers Association in ,[11] which also saw the release of his critically acclaimed sixth title, Noah Dreary.

This was followed by a picture book for adults entitled Babies Don't Suck – a guide for expectant modern fathers.

Blabey's seventh children’s manual, The Brothers Quibble, which deals with sibling rivalry, was chosen as the National Simultaneous Storytime Book of , and was read by over , children on 27 May

Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

In Blabey signed a three-book deal with Scholastic Australia beginning with Pig the Pug, a humorous picture book about a rude, inconsiderate, mean-spirited dog (pug), who always gets into arguments and even fights with his rival playmate, the friendly, polite-mannered, good-hearted Trevor (dachshund).

The book was an immediate hit in Australia and has since been translated into many languages and published around the world. It spawned a series of Pig books including Pig the Fibber (), Pig the Winner (), Pig the Elf (), Pig the Star (), Pig the Grub (), Pig the Tourist (), Pig the Slob (Blob) (), Pig the Monster () and the final instalment Pig the Rebel ().

The Pig books hold sold millions of copies around the world, predominantly in the USA and Australia.

He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug — a picture book series about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited little dog, The Bad Guys — a The New York Times 1 best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their unpleasant reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn — a second picture novel series about a plain minute pony who pretends to be a unicorn. As of DecemberBlabey has around 35 million books in print and his books have spent over weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached 1 on the list on 3 July Blabey served as an executive producer on the movie with Patrick Hughes and Etan Cohen.

The second book released from his initial three-book-deal was Thelma the Unicorn. This picture book – about a plain little pony who dreams of becoming a unicorn – has also become a bestseller. In combination with its sequel The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, it has sold millions of copies as adequately.

In June , it was announced that Netflix was developing an animated musical movie adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn, to be directed by Jared Hess (who wrote the script with his wife Jerusha) and Lynn Wang with animation provided by Mikros Image Montreal.

Blabey served as an executive producer on the project.[12][13] The film adaptation released on May 17,

The Bad Guys

also saw the release of the first two instalments of Blabey's best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers, The Bad Guys.

The humorous series follows the adventures of a gang of scary-looking, unsafe animals – Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark and Mr. Piranha – who attempt to change their bad reputations by performing good deeds.

In January , The Bad Guys punch The New York Times Optimal Seller list (Children's Series) and have since remained there for many weeks.

After 36 weeks on the list, The Horrible Guys finally reached the number one spot on July 3

As of December , there are over 25 million Bad Guys books in print around the world and the series has spent over weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.

On 9 March it was announced that an animatedfeature film adaptation of The Poor Guys was in development at DreamWorks Animation – with a screenplay by Etan Cohen.[14][15][16] On 17 October the project went into production with a scheduled release date of 17 September [17] Due to the COVID pandemic, the release date was pushed back to 22 April [18] The movie is directed by veteran animator Pierre Perifel in his feature directorial debut and produced by Damon Ross and Rebecca Huntley and written by Etan Cohen, who also serves as an executive producer on the project with both Blabey (the book's author) and Patrick Hughes.

Aaron Blabey is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author with around 30 million books in print. He is the creator of three globally popular book series - The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug and Thelma the Unicorn. His series The Bad Guys The New York Times Bestseller list and has been adapted into a thrilling animated film by DreamWorks on which Aaron served.

It stars Sam Rockwell (Mr. Wolf), Awkwafina (Ms. Tarantula), Marc Maron (Mr. Snake), Craig Robinson (Mr. Shark) and Anthony Ramos (Mr. Piranha).

Whilst promoting the movie in Los Angeles in April , Blabey appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF and discussed his journey to that point with Maron who played Mr Snake in the film.

A Netflix-exclusive holiday unique, subtitled "A Very Bad Holiday", was released on November 30,

In March , a month before the film was released, Perifel said that he would love to do a sequel.[19] Two years later, DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed a sequel with a release date set for August 1, Perifel will go back to direct and JP Sans, who served as head of character animation on the previous film, will co-direct, with the cast reprising their roles.[20]

Cat On The Run

In January , about 3 months before the unleash of the film adaptation of The Bad Guys, Blabey announced that a new book series called Cat on The Run is in development and was released in The book takes place in the same space as The Bad Guys and the story will feature the world’s #1 cat video luminary trying to prove her innocence after she was framed for a crime she didn’t commit.

Art direction

Blabey has also worked as a staff writer at a major advertising agency and spent two years as a lecturer at a prominent Sydney design college.

Honours and awards

  • , Australian Film Institute Award, Finest Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, episode: "Spay Misty For Me."
  • , Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley.
  • , White Ravens Award by the International Youth Library, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , National Literacy Ambassador[21]
  • - , Ambassador for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
  • , New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , Best Designed Children's Cover of the Year by the Australian Publishers Association, The Dreadful Fluff.
  • , The Children's Peace Literature Award from the Australian Psychological Society – Psychologists For Calm, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
  • , INDIE books award for Best Children's Book, The Terrible Guys

List of works

As author and illustrator:

  • Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Sunday Chutney, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Stanley Paste, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Dreadful Fluff, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Noah Dreary, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • The Brothers Quibble, Penguin Books, Australia,
  • Pig The Pug, Scholastic Australia, July
  • Babies Don't Suck, Pan Macmillan Australia, August
  • Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, February
  • Pig the Fibber, Scholastic Australia, May
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 1), Scholastic Australia, July
  • Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable), Scholastic Australia, November
  • I Need A Hug, Scholastic Australia, December
  • Pig the Winner, Scholastic Australia, March
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 3 - The Furball Strikes Back), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Don't Call Me Bear, Scholastic Australia, June
  • Pig the Elf, Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 4 - Attack of the Zittens), Scholastic Australia, November
  • Busting!, Scholastic Australia, February
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 5 - Intergalactic Gas), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Guff, Penguin Australia, August
  • Pig the Star, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Terrible Guys (Episode 6 - Alien Vs Bad Guys), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 7 - Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Grub, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 8 - Superbad), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 9 - The Huge Bad Wolf), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Tourist, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 10 - The Baddest Day Ever), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Poor Guys (Episode 11 - Dawn of the Underlord), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Slob (Blob), Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Poor Guys (Episode 12 - The One?!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 13 - Cut to the Chase), Scholastic Australia, May
  • Pig the Monster, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Worst Guys (Episode 14 - They’re Bee-hind You!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 15 - Open Wide and Tell Arrrgh!), Scholastic Australia, July
  • Pig the Rebel, Scholastic Australia, July
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 16 - The Others?!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 17 - Let the Games Begin!), Scholastic Australia, June
  • Cat On The Run in Meower of Death!, Scholastic Australia, September
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 18 - Look Who's Talking!), Scholastic Australia, October
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 19 - The Serpent and The Beast), Scholastic Australia, June
  • The Bad Guys (Episode 20 - One Last Thing), Scholastic Australia, October

Other editions

The Pig the Pug series is published by Scholastic Canada in Toronto.

Aaron Blabey facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia: Aaron Blabey (born 1 January ) is an Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.

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Filmography

Film

Television

Year Film Role Notes
; ; G.P.Sean Bartells / Jim Mayhew / Sean TV series, 3 episodes
PhoenixTV series, season 2, episode 4: "The Return"
Blue HeelersRobbie Davies TV series, season 1, episode "The First Stone"
The Damnation of Harvey McHughHarvey McHugh Miniseries, 13 episodes, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Head Role in a Television Drama[22]
Halifax f.p.Tony Lobianco TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Words Without Music"
The Guy from Snowy RiverJimmy Wilks TV series, season 2, episode "The Recruit"
Twisted TalesNick TV series, season 1, episode 1: "The Confident Man"
– MedivacDanny Haywood TV series, 2 episodes
Fallen AngelsJim Phelps TV series, season 1, episode 6: "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
WildsideWarren Beckett TV series, 4 episodes
; Water RatsDoug Porter / Gary Travis TV series, 4 episodes
Day of the RosesDr John Alabaster Miniseries, 2 episodes
All SaintsScott Lacey TV series, season 2, episode "The Ties That Bind"
Grass RootsSandy Maxwell TV series, season 1, episode 5: "January to April"
StingersMichael Callum TV series, season 3, episode "Second Chance"
Nominated for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Star in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series
CrashBurnBen Harfield TV series, season 1, 13 episodes
Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain StoryKirkham Miniseries, 2 episodes
MDALuke Rodman TV series, 4 episodes

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    In it was announced that a movie adaptation of The Bad Guys is in development at DreamWorks Animation with Blabey serving as an executive producer on the project. Shop books by Aaron Blabey below! You can find all books and activities at The Instructor Store. All of the other animals turn him away because of his prickly spikes.

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    Aaron Blabey born 1 January is an Australian author of children's books, and a former actor. He is the creator of three best-selling children's series; Pig the Pug — a picture book series about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited little dog, The Bad Guys — a The New York Times 1 best-selling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their poor reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn — a second picture guide series about a plain brief pony who pretends to be a unicorn. As of DecemberBlabey has around 35 million books in print and his books have spent over weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. The Bad Guys first reached 1 on the list on 3 July

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  19. ^Percival, Tom (31 March ). "The Bad Guys director would love to execute a sequel".

    Merry Christmas Eve! As the day gets rolling, I know you might be finishing last-minute prep, wrapping gifts, or just trying to receive some quiet time in before the festivities begin. His books have been a hit in our house for years, but what stuck with me most during this conversation was his story of how it all began—with a dad who wanted to help his son cherish reading. In just 13 minutes, Aaron talks about the persistence it took to bring The Bad Guys to life, the themes of empathy and redemption that make the series so powerful, and his hopes for how his stories connect with kids and families.

    The Digital Flix. Archived from the authentic on 4 May Retrieved 20 May

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