Joff Winterhart

Joff Winterhart is an artist, writer, occasional film-maker, 'drummer', and dog fan. His graphic novel Days of the Bagnold Summer was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2012 and adapted into a film. His second graphic novel Driving Short Distances came out in 2017. He also made the animated films Two Guys I know and Violet and Turquoise, which won the Cymru BAFTA for best animation in 2003. He lives in Bristol, where he plays drums and writes songs in the long-running band Bucky, and thinks about getting a new dog.

Books by Joff Winterhart

Dear Historian

Joff Winterhart

Improbable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards in the rain and bad knees: from cult graphic novelist Joff Winterhart

Driving Short Distances

Joff Winterhart

Driving Short Distances is the new book by Joff Winterhart, whose first graphic novel, Days of the Bagnold Summer, was described by Posy Simmonds as ‘original, funny, touching and beautifully observed’ and was shortlisted for the Costa Award for Best Novel.

Days of the Bagnold Summer

Joff Winterhart

A tale of single parenting and heavy metal. Shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel.