Awful Auntie [SEP] illustrator
Awful Auntie
Awful Auntie is a children's book written by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross. It is the seventh book by Walliams, a television comedian best known as an actor on the show Little Britain, and as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent".
This book tells the story of Stella Saxby, the sole heir to Saxby Hall, who is plagued by her awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl, who will stop at nothing to take her inheritance from her.
Plot.
, but adding that the actor "inspired the eccentricity, not the smell". The name Saxby, used in the book for the main character, was a tribute to children's illustrator Quentin Blake, whose middle name is Saxby.
Reception.
The book sold over 50,000 copies in a single week after its release, and has been met with high marks from reviewers. In October 2014, four weeks after its publication, "Awful Auntie" had become the top-selling children's book of the year.