Charlie Mackesy was born during a very cold snowy winter in Northumberland.

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He never went to art school but spent three months in America with a portrait painter where he learned about anatomy and how to deal with bed bugs. He began as a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press before being taken on by galleries.

'The world that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created.' Elizabeth Gilbert

Charlie's work features in books, private collections and public spaces, including Highgate Cemetery in London, in hospitals, prisons, churches and university colleges around the UK, and in women's safe houses around the world.

His journey with the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse has consumed him. He lives in their world a lot of the time and has loved making the book.

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'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart.'
Richard Curtis

'Love, friendship and kindness – this book speaks a universal language.' Bear Grylls

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T-Shirts and other products of Charlie's work are now available. If you would like to buy one, please click on the link below:

Prints and cards of Charlie's work are now available. If you would like to buy one, please click on the link below:

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Charlie's first book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is now available to buy.

'Simply, the world needs Charlie's work right now.' Miranda Hart

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