Gleb Toropov
Writer, illustrator and tennis fiend. Born in Russia in 1979, schooled in Moscow, then in London, England (and as a result bilingual). Secondary education at William Ellis School for boys (no girls). BA Hons in Film & TV from Brunel University (2002).
Worked for Touchwood Animation, White House Pictures and Niolan Entertainment as a scriptwriter on a variety of projects ranging from animated series for children, feature length film scripts and original music video concepts.
Formed Next Line Ltd. in 2007 in order to make inroads into the publishing industry. Released into the wild "Little Miss Mary and The Big Monster Makeover", a tongue-in-cheek, rhyming modern day fairytale about a spoilt 11 year old shopaholic. To date 100,000 downloads across digital platforms: Kindle, iPad, Nook etc.
Current client list includes: Random House, Egmont, Templar, Brubaker Ford & Friends. "Moon Dreams", a novelty picture-book for BF&F is released on 1st of February. "Outside The Box" (illustrated by Patrick Benson) for Egmont, is due out in 2013.
Writer, illustrator and tennis fiend. Born in Russia in 1979, schooled in Moscow, then in London, England (and as a result bilingual). Secondary education at William Ellis School for boys (no girls). BA Hons in Film & TV from Brunel University (2002).
Worked for Touchwood Animation, White House Pictures and Niolan Entertainment as a scriptwriter on a variety of projects ranging from animated series for children, feature length film scripts and original music video concepts.
Formed Next Line Ltd. in 2007 in order to make inroads into the publishing industry. Released into the wild "Little Miss Mary and The Big Monster Makeover", a tongue-in-cheek, rhyming modern day fairytale about a spoilt 11 year old shopaholic. To date 100,000 downloads across digital platforms: Kindle, iPad, Nook etc.
Current client list includes: Random House, Egmont, Templar, Brubaker Ford & Friends. "Moon Dreams", a novelty picture-book for BF&F is released on 1st of February. "Outside The Box" (illustrated by Patrick Benson) for Egmont, is due out in 2013.
