Ted Dewan
Encyclopedia
Ted Dewan is an England-based American author/illustrator, born in 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to fellow-illustrator Helen Cooper
and has a daughter Pandora Dewan, and is the brother of musician/artist Brian Dewan
.
, and had musical and artistic aspirations from a young age. He studied engineering
and electronic music
at Brown University
, Rhode Island
where he studied with his mentor, author/illustrator David Macaulay, before working for five years as a Physics
teacher at Milton Academy
. As well as his science-teaching duties at Milton Academy, Dewan directed various musical shows including a touring satirical student pop band that launched the musical career of jazz singer Titi Ngwenya.
In 1988, he relocated to London to continue a relationship with a Scottish girlfriend, where he began to make a living as a full-time illustrator and cartoonist, drawing for British newspapers such as The Times
(and The Times Educational Supplement
), The Guardian
, The Independent
and The Daily Telegraph
. In his spare time, he performed a solo accordion
act on London's comedy circuit, to mixed and "misunderstood" reviews at such ferocious venues as The Comedy Store
and the Hackney Empire
. Within a few years of having moved to London, his relationship ended, whereupon he met fellow illustrator/author Helen Cooper
and the two were subsequently married in 1994.
Dewan began his book illustrating career with prolific science-writer Steve Parker
on a number of highly-praised and award-winning children's non-fiction books in which Dewan's pen and ink and watercolor artwork complimented "Parker's examination of the morphology of the world's largest mammals." Concurrently he illustrated a couple of adult non-fiction tomes by Dr. Robert Ornstein
.
Dewan next turned his hand to writing as well as illustrating, producing in 1994 a baseball version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(Scholastic), which Books for Keeps Pam Harwood praised both for Dewan's "'cool' language" and "bright, lively pictures." A number of other solo writing/illustrating projects have followed since, in particular the Bing Bunny series.
Becoming a father in 1998 (to daughter Pandora), he decided to focus his time more thoroughly to writing and illustrating books. For many of his books, he produced "soundtracks", including a professionally produced recording of electronic music to accompany his 20th century robot version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Dewan and Cooper moved from London to Oxford
in 2001, where they live "a short bike ride" away from one of his publishers David Fickling Books
, with whom Dewan works closely. Oxford-based His Dark Materials
author Philip Pullman
gave Dewan:
In recent years, Dewan has experimented with three-dimensional artwork, including 2004's Cyclemas Tree, "a 20-foot 1.5 tonne illuminated Christmas Tree made of derelict bicycles and scaffolding. In 2007, he was appointed lead artist for Oxford's Millennial celebration's extravaganza, Luminox, which featured his 70-foot bamboo spire pendulum sculpture with a flaming pendulum bob. The sculpture formed the centrepiece of a large-scale fire installation by the renowned French group Carabosse. ". In 2007, he made a public offer to donate his head to Oxford University's Pitt-Rivers Museum for shrinking and inclusion in the museum's collection, in the event that the existing collection of similar exhibits was repatriated or removed from public view. The Museum politely declined the offer.
More recently still, his work has featured in books related to the BBC
comedy panel game
television quiz show
QI
(Quite Interesting), created and produced by John Lloyd
, hosted by Stephen Fry
, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies
. In particular, he contributed "400 diagrams and cartoons" to The Book of Animal Ignorance
, and various illustrations to The QI "E" Annual (or The QI Annual 2007), both published by Faber and Faber
in 2007.
His latest picture book with Orchard Books is about a courageous teddy bear charged with warming the heart of a troublesome boy. One True Bear (2009) was noted for its daring inclusion of actual young boys' drawings, including the "violent" ones not normally reproduced, especially in young children's literature.
2002 Blue Peter Award for his picture book, Crispin the Pig Who Had It All (Random House)
2002 Shortlisted and Honorable Mention, Kate Greenaway Award for Crispin the Pig Who Had It All
1997 Shortlisted for Kurt Maschler Award
for The Sorcerer's Apprentice and listed on the Young Book Trust 100 Best Books
list.
1992 Mother Goose Award
for his illustrations in Inside the Whale & Other Animals
1992 Shortlisted for the TES Information Award for his illustrations in Inside the Whale & Other Animals written by Steve Parker.
Member of the Society of Authors
, and former chair of their Children's Writers and Illustrators Group.
Crispin and the 3 Little Piglets (Transworld 2002)
Baby Gets the Zapper (Transworld 2001)
Crispin, The Pig Who Had It All (Transworld 2000)
The Weatherbirds (Puffin Books/Penguin 1999)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Corgi/Transworld 1997)
Top Secret (André Deutsch/Scholastic 1996)
3 Billy Goats Gruff
HB (André Deutsch 1994)
Helen Cooper (illustrator)
Helen Cooper is an illustrator and author of children's books.She is married to an American illustrator and picture book artist, Ted Dewan.- Awards :...
and has a daughter Pandora Dewan, and is the brother of musician/artist Brian Dewan
Brian Dewan
Brian Dewan is an artist who works in many media, including art, music, audio-visual performances, decorative painting, furniture design, poetry and musical instrument design. He has produced three albums of songs and concertized extensively as a solo artist, as well as having performed in various...
.
Life
Ted Dewan grew up in Lexington, MassachusettsLexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
, and had musical and artistic aspirations from a young age. He studied engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
where he studied with his mentor, author/illustrator David Macaulay, before working for five years as a Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
teacher at Milton Academy
Milton Academy
Milton Academy is a coeducational, independent preparatory, boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts consisting of a grade 9–12 Upper School and a grade K–8 Lower School. Boarding is offered starting in 9th grade...
. As well as his science-teaching duties at Milton Academy, Dewan directed various musical shows including a touring satirical student pop band that launched the musical career of jazz singer Titi Ngwenya.
In 1988, he relocated to London to continue a relationship with a Scottish girlfriend, where he began to make a living as a full-time illustrator and cartoonist, drawing for British newspapers such as The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
(and The Times Educational Supplement
Times Educational Supplement
The Times Educational Supplement is a weekly UK publication aimed primarily at school teachers in the UK. It was first published in 1910 as a pull-out supplement in The Times newspaper. Such was its popularity that in 1914, the supplement became a separate publication selling for 1 penny.The TES...
), The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
and The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
. In his spare time, he performed a solo accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
act on London's comedy circuit, to mixed and "misunderstood" reviews at such ferocious venues as The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It has a sister comedy club in La Jolla, San Diego, California.-History:...
and the Hackney Empire
Hackney Empire
The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.-History:Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building...
. Within a few years of having moved to London, his relationship ended, whereupon he met fellow illustrator/author Helen Cooper
Helen Cooper (illustrator)
Helen Cooper is an illustrator and author of children's books.She is married to an American illustrator and picture book artist, Ted Dewan.- Awards :...
and the two were subsequently married in 1994.
Dewan began his book illustrating career with prolific science-writer Steve Parker
Steve Parker
Steven "Steve" Parker is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Steve Bastoni. In 2007, Neighbours decided to return to focusing more on family dynamics and the characters of Steve and his family were created and introduced to help boost falling...
on a number of highly-praised and award-winning children's non-fiction books in which Dewan's pen and ink and watercolor artwork complimented "Parker's examination of the morphology of the world's largest mammals." Concurrently he illustrated a couple of adult non-fiction tomes by Dr. Robert Ornstein
Robert Ornstein
Dr. Robert Evan Ornstein is a psychologist, researcher and writer.He has taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and been professor at Stanford University and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human...
.
Dewan next turned his hand to writing as well as illustrating, producing in 1994 a baseball version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844...
(Scholastic), which Books for Keeps Pam Harwood praised both for Dewan's "'cool' language" and "bright, lively pictures." A number of other solo writing/illustrating projects have followed since, in particular the Bing Bunny series.
Becoming a father in 1998 (to daughter Pandora), he decided to focus his time more thoroughly to writing and illustrating books. For many of his books, he produced "soundtracks", including a professionally produced recording of electronic music to accompany his 20th century robot version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Dewan and Cooper moved from London to Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
in 2001, where they live "a short bike ride" away from one of his publishers David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books is an imprint of Random House which has published books by authors including Philip Pullman, Mark Haddon, John Boyne, Nick Ward and Linda Newbery.-List of Books Published:-References:...
, with whom Dewan works closely. Oxford-based His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass...
author Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
gave Dewan:
- "..[Pullman's] famous shed in 2002, with the covenant agreed that only creative work in it, and that the shed was to be passed on to another artist, writer, or musician when the time came, if it hadn't turned to dust in the meantime."
In recent years, Dewan has experimented with three-dimensional artwork, including 2004's Cyclemas Tree, "a 20-foot 1.5 tonne illuminated Christmas Tree made of derelict bicycles and scaffolding. In 2007, he was appointed lead artist for Oxford's Millennial celebration's extravaganza, Luminox, which featured his 70-foot bamboo spire pendulum sculpture with a flaming pendulum bob. The sculpture formed the centrepiece of a large-scale fire installation by the renowned French group Carabosse. ". In 2007, he made a public offer to donate his head to Oxford University's Pitt-Rivers Museum for shrinking and inclusion in the museum's collection, in the event that the existing collection of similar exhibits was repatriated or removed from public view. The Museum politely declined the offer.
More recently still, his work has featured in books related to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
comedy panel game
Panel game
A panel game or panel show is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participates. Panelists may compete with each other, such as on The News Quiz; facilitate play by guest contestants, such as on Match Game/Blankety Blank; or do both, such as on Wait Wait.....
television quiz show
Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...
QI
QI
QI is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given...
(Quite Interesting), created and produced by John Lloyd
John Lloyd (writer)
John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd CBE is a British comedy writer and television producer. He is the great nephew of John Hardress Lloyd.-Early life and career:...
, hosted by Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies
Alan Davies
Alan Davies is an English comedian, writer and actor best known for starring in the TV mystery series Jonathan Creek and as the permanent panellist on the TV panel show QI.- Early life :...
. In particular, he contributed "400 diagrams and cartoons" to The Book of Animal Ignorance
The Book of Animal Ignorance
The Book of Animal Ignorance is the second title in a series of books based on the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson...
, and various illustrations to The QI "E" Annual (or The QI Annual 2007), both published by Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
in 2007.
His latest picture book with Orchard Books is about a courageous teddy bear charged with warming the heart of a troublesome boy. One True Bear (2009) was noted for its daring inclusion of actual young boys' drawings, including the "violent" ones not normally reproduced, especially in young children's literature.
Awards and roles
2004 Publisher's Weekly Books of the Year for the Bing Bunny series of books for toddlers (David Fickling Books)2002 Blue Peter Award for his picture book, Crispin the Pig Who Had It All (Random House)
2002 Shortlisted and Honorable Mention, Kate Greenaway Award for Crispin the Pig Who Had It All
1997 Shortlisted for Kurt Maschler Award
Kurt Maschler Award
The Kurt Maschler Award was established in 1982 by Kurt Maschler, and was awarded annually until 1999 to honour "a work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other."-History:...
for The Sorcerer's Apprentice and listed on the Young Book Trust 100 Best Books
list.
1992 Mother Goose Award
Mother Goose Award
The Mother Goose Award was a British annual award, presented by Books For Children to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration." Established in 1979, the award was last given in 1999...
for his illustrations in Inside the Whale & Other Animals
1992 Shortlisted for the TES Information Award for his illustrations in Inside the Whale & Other Animals written by Steve Parker.
Member of the Society of Authors
Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights .It has counted amongst its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets including Tennyson The Society of Authors (UK) is a...
, and former chair of their Children's Writers and Illustrators Group.
Author and Illustrator
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Music of Magic and Electricity (Corgi Audio Tape 1997)
- US (Bantam Doubleday Dell 1997)
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844...
HB (André Deutsch 1994)
- PB (Scholastic 1995)
- US (Scholastic, Inc 1995)
Bing Bunny
- Bing Bunny: Bing Get Dressed (David Fickling Books 2003)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Paint Day (David Fickling Books 2003)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Bed Time (David Fickling Books 2003)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Something for Daddy (David Fickling Books 2003)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Go Picnic (David Fickling Books 2004)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Make Music (David Fickling Books 2004)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Swing (David Fickling Books 2004)
- Bing Bunny: Bing Yuk (David Fickling Books 2004)
Children's non-fiction
- Parker, Steve & Dewan, Ted, Inside the Whale and Other Animals (Dorling Kindersley/Doubleday, 1992)
- Parker, Steve & Dewan, Ted, Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (Dorling Kindersley, 1993)
Children's fiction
- Wright, KitKit WrightKit Wright is the author of more than twenty-five books, for both adults and children, and the winner of awards including an Arts Council Writers' Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award and the Heinemann Award...
, Rumpelstiltskin (Scholastic 1998) - Cooper, HelenHelen Cooper (illustrator)Helen Cooper is an illustrator and author of children's books.She is married to an American illustrator and picture book artist, Ted Dewan.- Awards :...
, Sandmare (Corgi/Transworld 2001) - Kay, ElizabethElizabeth KayElizabeth Kay, born July 9, 1949 in London, is an English writer. She is the author of The Divide trilogy, a series of children's fantasy novels, originally published by Chicken House Press, then picked up by Scholastic Books-Biography:...
, The DivideThe Divide trilogyThe Divide trilogy is a fantasy young adult novel trilogy by Elizabeth Kay, which takes place in an alternate universe. The three books are The Divide , Back to The Divide , and Jinx on The Divide...
(Chicken House, 2005) - Laird, ElizabethElizabeth LairdElizabeth Laird is an author of many books for children, including picture books and books for older children. Her novels include Red Sky in the Morning, Secrets of the Fearless and Kiss the Dust.-Biography:...
, The Ice Cream Swipe (Oxford University Press 2003) - Kay, ElizabethElizabeth KayElizabeth Kay, born July 9, 1949 in London, is an English writer. She is the author of The Divide trilogy, a series of children's fantasy novels, originally published by Chicken House Press, then picked up by Scholastic Books-Biography:...
, Back to the DivideThe Divide trilogyThe Divide trilogy is a fantasy young adult novel trilogy by Elizabeth Kay, which takes place in an alternate universe. The three books are The Divide , Back to The Divide , and Jinx on The Divide...
(Scholastic, 2007) - Kay, ElizabethElizabeth KayElizabeth Kay, born July 9, 1949 in London, is an English writer. She is the author of The Divide trilogy, a series of children's fantasy novels, originally published by Chicken House Press, then picked up by Scholastic Books-Biography:...
, Jinx on the DivideThe Divide trilogyThe Divide trilogy is a fantasy young adult novel trilogy by Elizabeth Kay, which takes place in an alternate universe. The three books are The Divide , Back to The Divide , and Jinx on The Divide...
(Scholastic, 2007) - Masson, SophieSophie MassonSophie Masson is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author.-Biography:Sophie Masson was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry...
, The Thomas Trew Series (Hodder & Stoughton, 2006–2008)- Book 1: Thomas Trew and the Hidden People HB (2006)
- PB (2007)
- Book 2: Thomas Trew and the Horns of Pan PB (2007)
- Book 3: Thomas Trew and the Klint-King's Gold PB (2007)
- Book 4: Thomas Trew and the Selkie's Curse PB (2007)
- Book 5: Thomas Trew and the Flying Huntsman PB (2007)
- Book 6: Thomas Trew and the Island of Ghosts PB (2008)
- Book 1: Thomas Trew and the Hidden People HB (2006)
- (ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
) retold by Birch, Beverly, A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
(Hodder & Stoughton 2006)
Adult non-fiction
- Ornstein, Dr. RobertRobert OrnsteinDr. Robert Evan Ornstein is a psychologist, researcher and writer.He has taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and been professor at Stanford University and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human...
, The Evolution of Consciousness (Prentice-Hall US 1991) - Ornstein, Dr. RobertRobert OrnsteinDr. Robert Evan Ornstein is a psychologist, researcher and writer.He has taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and been professor at Stanford University and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human...
, The Roots of the Self (HarperCollins US 1993) - Burke, JamesJames Burke (science historian)James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author and television producer known amongst other things for his documentary television series Connections and its more philosophical oriented companion production, The Day the Universe Changed , focusing on the history of science and...
& Ornstein, Dr. RobertRobert OrnsteinDr. Robert Evan Ornstein is a psychologist, researcher and writer.He has taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and been professor at Stanford University and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human...
, The Axemaker's Gift (G. P. Putnam's SonsG. P. Putnam's SonsG. P. Putnam's Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group.-History:...
US 1995) - Hauser, Marc D.Marc HauserMarc D. Hauser is an American evolutionary biologist and a researcher in primate behavior and animal cognition who taught in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. In August 2010, a committee of Harvard faculty found Hauser solely responsible for eight counts of unspecified scientific...
, Wild Minds (Henry Holt, New York 1999) - Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd (writer)John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd CBE is a British comedy writer and television producer. He is the great nephew of John Hardress Lloyd.-Early life and career:...
& Mitchinson, JohnJohn MitchinsonFor the English tenor, see John Mitchinson .For the Bishop, see John Mitchinson .John Mitchinson is the head of research for the British television panel game QI, and is also the managing director of Quite Interesting Limited. He is co-writer of the QI series of books with the show's creator John...
, The Book of Animal IgnoranceThe Book of Animal IgnoranceThe Book of Animal Ignorance is the second title in a series of books based on the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson...
(Faber and Faber, UK Oct 2007) (ISBN 978-0-571-23370-0) Designer and illustrator - The QIQIQI is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given...
Elveshttp://www.qi.com/about/people.php, The QI "E" Annual (A.K.A. The QI Annual 2007) (Faber and Faber, UK Nov 2007) Various illustrations - The QIQIQI is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given...
Elveshttp://www.qi.com/about/people.php, The QI "F" Annual (A.K.A. The QI Annual 2007) (Faber and Faber, UK Nov 2008) Various illustrations - Ornstein, Dr. RobertRobert OrnsteinDr. Robert Evan Ornstein is a psychologist, researcher and writer.He has taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and been professor at Stanford University and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human...
, Mindreal (Malor Books US 2008)