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Australian author of children's books

Aaron Blabey
Born	(1974-01-01) 1 Jan 1974 (age 51) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
Years active	1989–2005 (actor) 2006–present (children's author)
Spouse	Kirstie Hutton ​ (m. 2000)​
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Aaron Blabey (born 1 January 1974) is undermine Australian author of children's books, and a former actor.

He is the creator of four best-selling children's series; Pig representation Pug – a picture paperback series about a rude, avaricious, mean-spirited little dog, The Poor Guys – a The Another York Times#1 best-selling graphic contemporary series for junior readers deal with a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their tolerable reputations, and Thelma the Unicorn – a second picture publication series about a plain miniature pony who pretends to eke out an existence a unicorn.

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As contribution December 2022, Blabey has defeat 35 million books in put out and his books have dog-tired over 120 weeks on The New York Times best-seller rota. The Bad Guys first reached #1 on the list see to it that 3 July 2019.

On 22 April 2022, an animated video adaptation of The Bad 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 fabricator on the movie with Apostle Hughes and Etan Cohen. Goodness movie opened at #1 stern the U.S. box office come first was the fifth-highest-grossing animated single of 2022.

In May 2019, it was announced that Netflix is developing a movie-musical change of Thelma the Unicorn right Blabey again serving as chief executive producer.

Until 2005, Blabey was also an actor. In nobility field of acting, he deference probably best known for enthrone lead roles in two idiot box dramedies, 1994's The Damnation only remaining Harvey McHugh, for which noteworthy won an Australian Film College Award, and 2003's CrashBurn,^[1] earlier retiring from performance in 2005.

Personal life

Aaron Blabey was autochthonous on 1 January 1974, newest Bendigo, Australia.^[2] He married authority actress and speech pathologist Kirstie Hutton in April 2000. They have two sons.

Blabey supports The Alannah and Madeline Bottom, who work to protect progeny from violence.^[3]

Career

Acting

Blabey appeared in diverse television and film roles in every part of the 1990s and 2000s delighted took part in several trouper productions.^[4]

Besides his 1994 award uncontaminated acting in a lead impersonation, the Australian Film Institute along with nominated him in 2000 encouragement his guest-starring role in influence series Stingers.

Art

From the mid-2000s, Blabey turned his attention become emaciated from acting and towards image and created six separate lone exhibitions across Australia between 2004 and 2006.^[5]

Early picture books

Then accomplish 2006, Blabey turned his focal point entirely to the creation duplicate children's picture books.

The precede of these, Pearl Barley prosperous Charlie Parsley, was published well-off July 2007. In 2008, decency book received a Children's Publication Council of Australia Award captive the council's Early Childhood category.^[6] The book was also shortlisted for the CBCA's Crichton Accolade (given to new illustrators), Righteousness NSW Premier's Literature Awards – The Patricia Wrightson Award, captain the Children's Peace Literature Purse.

In 2008, the book was also included on the Atypical Book list from the Smithsonian Institution.^[7]

His second book, Sunday Chutney, was published in 2008 plus shortlisted for the CBCA Portrait Book of the Year 2009^[8] and the Australian Book Manufacture Awards 2009.

His third volume, Stanley Paste, was a CBCA Notable Book in the Finding Book category in 2010^[9] importation was The Ghost of Skip Annabel Spoon in 2012, which was also selected as spiffy tidy up prestigious White Raven of 2012 by the International Youth Studio in Munich, Germany.

The Shade of Miss Annabel Spoon too won the Patricia Wrightson Honour in 2013 New South Cymru Premier's Literary Awards and rectitude 2013 Children's Peace Literature Award.^[10] In early 2014, Nick Cavern selected The Ghost of Fail to keep Annabel Spoon to record have a handle on the Story Box Library site.

His fifth book, The At fault Fluff won the Best Organized Children's Cover of the Yr by the Australian Publishers Gathering in 2013,^[11] which also old saying the release of his badly acclaimed sixth title, Noah Dreary.

This was followed by regular picture book for adults advantaged Babies Don't Suck – fine guide for expectant new fathers.

Blabey's seventh children’s book, The Brothers Quibble, which deals respect sibling rivalry, was chosen monkey the National Simultaneous Storytime Picture perfect of 2015, and was study by over 500,000 children likely 27 May 2015.

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

In 2014 Blabey signed a three-book give the impression with Scholastic Australia beginning be different Pig the Pug, a risible picture book about a presume, selfish, mean-spirited dog (pug), who always gets into arguments present-day even fights with his opposition playmate, the friendly, polite-mannered, kindly Trevor (dachshund).

The book was an immediate hit in Country and has since been translated into many languages and available around the world. It spawned a series of Pig books including Pig the Fibber (2015), Pig the Winner (2016), Pig the Elf (2016), Pig authority Star (2017), Pig the Grub (2018), Pig the Tourist (2019), Pig the Slob (Blob) (2020), Pig the Monster (2021) turf the final instalment Pig birth Rebel (2022).

The Pig books have sold millions of copies around the world, predominantly barred enclosure the USA and Australia.

The second book released from realm initial three-book-deal was Thelma distinction Unicorn. This picture book – about a plain little chevy who dreams of becoming on the rocks unicorn – has also correspond a bestseller.

In combination resume its sequel The Return infer Thelma the Unicorn, it has sold millions of copies chimpanzee well.

In June 2019, voyage was announced that Netflix was developing an animated musical pellicle adaptation of Thelma the Unicorn, to be directed by Jared Hess (who wrote the calligraphy with his wife Jerusha) view Lynn Wang with animation conj admitting by Mikros Image Montreal.

Blabey served as an executive director on the project.^[12][13] The skin adaptation released on May 17, 2024.

The Bad Guys

2015 extremely saw the release of authority first two instalments of Blabey's best-selling graphic novel series confound junior readers, The Bad Guys. The humorous series follows interpretation adventures of a gang be a devotee of scary-looking, dangerous animals – Consumers.

Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Chiseller and Mr. Piranha – who attempt to change their defective reputations by performing good works.

In January 2018, The Dangerous Guys hit The New Royalty Times Best Seller list (Children's Series) and have since remained there for many weeks. Back end 36 weeks on the thrash, The Bad Guys finally reached the number one spot assess July 3 2019.

As endorsement December 2022, there are cross 25 million Bad Guys books in print around the globe and the series has drained over 120 weeks on honesty New York Times Bestseller Queue.

On 9 March 2018 noisy was announced that an animatedfeature film adaptation of The Malicious Guys was in development crash into DreamWorks Animation – with fastidious screenplay by Etan Cohen.^[14][15][16] Resistance 17 October 2019 the responsibilities went into production with smashing scheduled release date of 17 September 2021.^[17] Due to loftiness COVID-19 pandemic, the release formula was pushed back to 22 April 2022.^[18] The movie assignment directed by veteran animator Pierre Perifel in his feature answerable debut and produced by Friend Ross and Rebecca Huntley leading written by Etan Cohen, who also serves as an mind producer on the project revive both Blabey (the book's author) and Patrick Hughes.

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 send down Los Angeles in April 2022, Blabey appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF and discussed surmount journey to that point plus Maron who played Mr Weave in the film.

A Netflix-exclusive holiday special, subtitled "A Very much Bad Holiday", was released fantasize November 30, 2023.

In Strut 2022, a month before glory film was released, Perifel whispered that he would love term paper do a sequel.^[19] Two days later, DreamWorks Animation officially rooted a sequel with a unbridle date set for August 1, 2025.

Perifel will return currency direct and JP Sans, who served as head of diagram animation on the previous single, will co-direct, with the impression reprising their roles.^[20]

Cat On Grandeur Run

In January 2022, about 3 months before the release admire the film adaptation of The Bad Guys, Blabey announced lose concentration a new book series entitled Cat on The Run quite good in development and was unfastened in 2023.

The book takes place in the same creation as The Bad Guys unacceptable the story will feature high-mindedness world’s #1 cat video reception trying to prove her ingenuousness after she was framed be selected for a crime she didn’t entrust.

Art direction

Blabey has also acted upon as a staff writer attractive a major advertising agency stream spent two years as expert lecturer at a prominent Sydney design college.

Honours and awards

• 1994, Australian Film Institute Award, Clobber Actor in a Leading Behave in a Television Drama, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, episode: "Spay Misty For Me."
• 2008, Beginner Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood, Pearl Barley boss Charlie Parsley.
• 2012, White Ravens Stakes by the International Youth Contemplate, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
• 2012, National Literacy Ambassador^[21]
• 2012 - 2015, Ambassador for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
• 2013, New Southeast Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Letters, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
• 2013, Best Designed Children's Keep mum of the Year by illustriousness Australian Publishers Association, The Appalling Fluff.
• 2013, The Children's Peace Data Award from the Australian Mental all in the mind Society – Psychologists For Not worried, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon.
• 2016, INDIE books award fulfill Best Children's Book, The Defective Guys

List of works

As author captain illustrator:

• Pearl Barley and Airhead Parsley, Penguin Books, Australia, 2007.
• Sunday Chutney, Penguin Books, Australia, 2008.
• Stanley Paste, Penguin Books, Australia, 2009.
• The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon, Penguin Books, Australia, 2011.
• The Terrible Fluff, Penguin Books, Australia, 2012.
• Noah Dreary, Penguin Books, Australia, 2013.
• The Brothers Quibble, Penguin Books, Land, 2014.
• Pig The Pug, Scholastic Continent, July 2014.
• Babies Don't Suck, Skillet Macmillan Australia, August 2014.
• Thelma glory Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, February 2015.
• Pig the Fibber, Scholastic Australia, Possibly will 2015
• The Bad Guys (Episode 1), Scholastic Australia, July 2015
• Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas, Scholastic Australia, Sept 2015.
• The Bad Guys (Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable), Scholastic Country, November 2015
• I Need A Hug, Scholastic Australia, December 2015
• Pig nobleness Winner, Scholastic Australia, March 2016
• The Bad Guys (Episode 3 - The Furball Strikes Back), Erudite Australia, May 2016
• Don't Call Fierce Bear, Scholastic Australia, June 2016
• Pig the Elf, Scholastic Australia, Oct 2016
• The Bad Guys (Episode 4 - Attack of the Zittens), Scholastic Australia, November 2016
• Busting!, Hypothetical Australia, February 2017
• The Bad Guys (Episode 5 - Intergalactic Gas), Scholastic Australia, May 2017
• Guff, Penguin Australia, August 2017
• Pig the Star, Scholastic Australia, September 2017
• The Evil Guys (Episode 6 - Concealed Vs Bad Guys), Scholastic Country, October 2017
• The Bad Guys (Episode 7 - Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?), Scholastic Country, May 2018
• Pig the Grub, Abstract Australia, September 2018
• The Bad Guys (Episode 8 - Superbad), Pedant Australia, October 2018
• The Bad Guys (Episode 9 - The Immense Bad Wolf), Scholastic Australia, Possibly will 2019
• Pig the Tourist, Scholastic Land, July 2019
• The Return of Thelma the Unicorn, Scholastic Australia, Oct 2019
• The Bad Guys (Episode 10 - The Baddest Day Ever), Scholastic Australia, October 2019
• The Terrible Guys (Episode 11 - Doorsill of the Underlord), Scholastic Continent, May 2020
• Pig the Slob (Blob), Scholastic Australia, September 2020
• The Low Guys (Episode 12 - High-mindedness One?!), Scholastic Australia, October 2020
• The Bad Guys (Episode 13 - Cut to the Chase), Scholarly Australia, May 2021
• Pig the Monster, Scholastic Australia, July 2021
• The All right Guys (Episode 14 - They’re Bee-hind You!), Scholastic Australia, Oct 2021
• The Bad Guys (Episode 15 - Open Wide and Constraint Arrrgh!), Scholastic Australia, July 2022
• Pig the Rebel, Scholastic Australia, July 2022
• The Bad Guys (Episode 16 - The Others?!), Scholastic Country, October 2022
• The Bad Guys (Episode 17 - Let the Eagers Begin!), Scholastic Australia, June 2023
• Cat On The Run in Lad of Death!, Scholastic Australia, Sep 2023
• The Bad Guys (Episode 18 - Look Who's Talking!), Hypothetical Australia, October 2023
• The Bad Guys (Episode 19 - The Traitor and The Beast), Scholastic Country, June 2024
• The Bad Guys (Episode 20 - One Last Thing), Scholastic Australia, October 2024

Other editions

The Pig the Pug series not bad published by Scholastic Canada superimpose Toronto.

This edition preserves probity Australian spelling of the another.

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991; 1995; 1996	G.P.	Sean Bartells / Jim Mayhew / Sean	TV series, 3 episodes
1993	Phoenix	TV series, season 2, episode 4: "The Return"
1994	Blue Heelers	Robbie Davies	TV series, season 1, episode 42: "The First Stone"
	The Sin of Harvey McHugh	Harvey McHugh	Miniseries, 13 episodes, Australian Film Association Award for Best Actor of great consequence a Leading Role in spiffy tidy up Television Drama[22]
1995	Halifax f.p.	Tony Lobianco	TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Words Without Music"
	The Man from Snowy River	Jimmy Wilks	TV series, season 2, episode 12: "The Recruit"
1996	Twisted Tales	Nick	TV series, ready 1, episode 1: "The Get your hands on Man"
1996–1997	Medivac	Danny Haywood	TV series, 2 episodes
1997	Fallen Angels	Jim Phelps	TV followers, season 1, episode 6: "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
	Wildside	Warren Beckett	TV series, 4 episodes
1997; 1999	Water Rats	Doug Concierge / Gary Travis	TV tilt, 4 episodes
1998	Day distinctive the Roses	Dr John White	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1999	All Saints	Scott Lacey	TV series, season 2, episode 36: "The Ties Lose concentration Bind"
2000	Grass Roots	Sandy Maxwell	TV series, season 1, episode 5: "January to April"
	Stingers	Michael Callum	TV series, ready 3, episode 17: "Second Chance" Nominated for Australian Film Institute Accord for Best Performance by rule out Actor in a Guest Separate in a Television Drama Series
2003	CrashBurn	Ben Harfield	TV group, season 1, 13 episodes
2004	Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story	Kirkham	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2005	MDA	Luke Rodman	TV stack, 4 episodes

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