Brian Charles Pilkington (born 20 July 1950) is an English

England

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-Iceland

Iceland

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ic illustrator and artist, best known for his illustrations of many Icelandic children's books since the 1980s. Pilkington has also illustrated other literature genres, including his own book of Icelandic fauna (Dýraríki Íslands (1992)).

Pilkington was born and raised in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, England

England

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, but currently lives in Iceland.

List of illustrations (incomplete)

• Ástarsaga úr fjöllunum (1981), written by Guðrún Helgadóttir
  Guðrún Helgadóttir
  Guðrún Helgadóttir is a prominent writer of children's literature in Iceland. She was born in Hafnarfjörður on September 7, 1935. Her first book, Jón Oddur og Jón Bjarni, appeared in 1974 when she worked at the National Health and Insurance Office. It concerned scheming twins and several more...
  
  
• Á baðkari til Betlehem
  Á baðkari til Betlehem
  Á baðkari til Betlehem is an Icelandic television series that first aired on Icelandic public television channel Sjónvarpið in December 1990...
  
   (1990), written by Sigurður G. Valgeirsson & Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson
• Jóldaýrin, written by Gerður Kristný
  Gerður Kristný
  Gerður Kristný Guðjónsdóttir is an Icelandic writer born in 1970. She received her degree in French literature, and comparative literature, in 1992 from the University of Iceland. She has done poetry, TV work, children's literature, and is an editor. Her works have appeared in elementary school...
  
  
• Blómin á þakinu
• Jólin okkar
• Konungur háloftanna
• Mánasteinar í vasanum