About

AARON BLECHA is an artist and author who designs funny characters and illustrates humorous books. 

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He works on several middle grade series, including the popular George Brown, Class Clown and Shark School, as well as new arrivals- Dino Wars and the Our Principal series. Blecha also has authored and illustrated his own stories for HarperCollins Childrens-  Goodnight, Grizzle Grump!and Good Morning, Grizzle Grump!. 

Blecha's first solo exhibition titled Aliens, Zombies & Monsters! just completed its seven month run at Hove Museum. It is an interactive, immersive exploration into how children's characters and books are created. The exhibition gives visitors a unique peek into the process behind Blecha's work – starting from initial sketches to creating characters and finished pages. An entire gallery is filled with vibrant life-sized aliens, zombies and monsters that will be ready to mingle with children of all ages.

In addition to illustrating children’s books, he works as a character designer in TV development (Disney, Curious Pictures, eOne Family).

Aaron was born and raised (by giant squid) in Green Bay, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997. After leaving school and bouncing around to Chicago, then Copenhagen- he landed in California. In San Francisco, Blecha worked as an animator and character designer in the animation and toy industries. He moved to London in 2007 and has been freelancing ever since. Today he lives with his family in Brighton & Hove, on the south coast of England.