Val biro biography

Illustrator, artist and children's writer

Balint Stephen Biro (Budapest, October 6, 1921 – July 4, 2014) was a children's author, artist and illustrator.

He received his education in Budapest and London.

Val biro biography

From about 1955 he lived in Chesham, where he helped to found the Chesham Society, and then moved to Amersham about 1971 until 1985.^[1]

Writing

From an interview in the early 1970s:

"My writing is mainly concerned with my vintage car "Gumdrop." It was four years ago that my publishers suggested that it was about time that I wrote a book for children and not merely illustrate one; and I decided on Gumdrop as the main character.

"I write so as to give my alter-ego a good chance for drawing pictures, though I find that the story I invent tends to run away with itself, leaving me, the illustrator, behind!

Each story tends to be based on personal experience and, equally, each tends to grow out of that into the imagination. Each book seems to take a few m