Gitte Spee
Illustration — Gitte Spee Gitte Spee (born December 29, 1950 in Surabaya), is a Dutch illustrator of children's books. She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, a renowned academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands, and currently works in Amsterdam. A number of the books she has illustrated have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
Gitte Spee
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- Born
- 1950 · Surabaya.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- illustrator · writer · artist
- Education
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie
- Honours
- Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine Westphalia
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Gitte Spee Gitte Spee (born December 29, 1950 in Surabaya), is a Dutch illustrator of children's books. She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, a renowned academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands, and currently works in Amsterdam. A number of the books she has illustrated have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
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• 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, 96pp., (Gecko Press) • 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, 108pp., (Gecko Press) • 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, 108pp., (Gecko Press) • 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, 112pp., (Gecko Press)
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- 1.Jan van Coillie, Wilma van der Pennen, Jos Staal en Herman Tromp, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur · DBNL.
- 2.Spee, Gitte. Who is Gitte Spee? Gitte Spee -. www.gittespee.nl.
- 3.Gitte Spee - Illustrator - Gecko Press. Gecko Press.
- 4.Nilsson, Ulf. Detective Gordon: The First Case: The First Case. Gecko Press. March 2015. 9781927271698.
- 5.Nilsson, Ulf. Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case. Gecko Press. March 2016. 9781776570614.
- 6.Detective Gordon: A Case In Any Case Gecko Press. geckopress.com.
- 7.Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy Children's Books Gecko Press. geckopress.com.
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