Huw Aaron
Welsh cartoonist and author
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Huw Aaron (born 1980) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and children's author. He was born in Swansea, but subsequently settled in Cardiff.[1][2]
Huw Aaron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 October 1980 |
| Notable work | Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob |
Career
After a short period as a chartered accountant, Aaron began working as a freelance cartoonist in 2009.[1] He has regularly contributed cartoons to Private Eye,[3] Reader's Digest, The Oldie,[3] Prospect,[4] The New Statesman, The Spectator, and The Rugby Paper, for whose cartoon, North Stand, Aaron was highly commended in the 2012 British Sports Journalism Awards.[5][6]
Aaron has written and illustrated a number of children's books, predominantly in Welsh. He was chosen by the Books Council of Wales to write the £1 Welsh language book for World Book Day in 2021.[7] Together with his wife, Luned Aaron, he won both the Tir na n-Og Award (Welsh language primary category) and the Wales Book of the Year (Children & Young People Award) in 2023 for Dwi Eisiau bod yn Ddeinosor.[8][9] In 2024, Aaron signed an alleged six-figure contract with Puffin Books for seven books, the first of which, Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob, was published in March 2025.[10]
