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Cathy Wilcox was born in 1963 in Sydney, Australia, where she grew up. She studied visual communications, where she gravitated towards illustration, humour and words. During her studies she worked in a department store, which allowed her to closely observe the human species.

She travelled to France in 1985, where she lived in Paris until December 1987. There, she met two of her cartooning heroes, Sempé and Claire Bretécher.

In 1988, on returning to Sydney, she began drawing for the newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and for other publications. She also began illustrating children’s books – of which she has now illustrated more than 17 – three of which have been nominated for national children’s book awards. She has been cartooning regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald since 1989 and the Melbourne Age since 1993. She covers extremely diverse subjects ranging from politics, human relationships, science, business, religion and dogs… She has published two collections of her cartoons, “Throw Away Lines” (1991) and “The Bad Guys are Winning” (2005). She has received several press artist awards (Stanley Awards) and most recently a “Walkley Award” (for journalism) in 2007.

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