Antony Jasper Maitland (born 17 June 1935) is a British children's author and illustrator active from the 1960s to early 1980s. During his career, Maitland drew for eleven Leon Garfield books and four books by Ruth Ainsworth. For his drawings, Maitland won the 1961 Kate Greenaway Medal for ''Mrs. Cockle's Cat'' and was nominated for the same award in 1972 for ''The Ghost Downstairs''. With his own books, Maitland premiered with ''The Secret of the Shed'' in 1962 before releasing two additional books in the 1950s. Subsequent books by Maitland were ''Idle Jack'' in 1977 and ''Encore'' in 1984. Outside of literature, Maitland has worked in design throughout Europe and the Middle East.
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