Biography

Roger Hargreaves was born on May 9, 1935 in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mr. Men (1974), Mr. Men and Mr. Men and Little Miss (1995). He was married to Christine Hargreaves. He died on September 11, 1988 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.

His stories often revolved around a character and their dominant personality trait.

Originally created the Mr. Men books in 1971 when his son Adam Hargreaves asked him "what a tickle looks like". Adam, now an adult has since taken over writing the books.

At the time of his death in 1988 he had sold an estimated 85 million books (translated into fifteen languages) in twenty-two countries.

After J.K. Rowling, Hargreaves is (posthumously) the best-selling author of children's books in the U.K., selling an average of one of his "Mr. Men" series of books every 27 seconds over the past decade.