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Mélanie Watt
Mélanie Watt (born August 20, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian children's author and illustrator.[1][2] She is best known for Scaredy Squirrel, which won the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was published in French as Frisson l'écureuil.[3] Melanie Watt's other major picture book series is Chester, which is about a cat named Chester who competes with Watt for the chance to write and illustrate his books. Chester (2009), the first book in the series, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[4] As of 2012, she has sold over two million books that have been translated into 23 languages.[5] BiographyAs a child, Mélanie Watt enjoyed drawing the comic strip character Garfield.[6] The Scaredy Squirrel series is influenced by Watt's childhood experiences,[7] including her childhood fear of sharks.[6] She received a BA in graphic design from the Université du Québec à Montréal.[8] In 1999, while enrolled in an illustration class taught by Michele Lemieux, Watt wrote her first story, Leon the Chameleon.[8] One of her inspirations is children's book author Mo Willems.[8] She currently resides near Montreal.[3] Awards and honoursFive of Watt's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Leon the Chameleon (2001),[9] Scaredy Squirrel (2006),[10] Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend (2007),[11] Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach (2008),[12] and Scaredy Squirrel at Night (2009).[13]
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