Andy Griffiths is a well-known Australian author of children’s books. Furthermore, Andy Griffiths is best known for his Just! series, which was adapted into the animated television series What’s with Andy?, his novel The Day My Bum Went Psycho, which was also adapted into a television series, and his Treehouse series, which has been adapted into several stage plays.

Quick Facts

Early life

Andrew Noel Griffiths, better known as Andy Griffiths, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on September 3, 1961. He is 61 years old and has Australian nationality according to his date of birth.

Moreover, he was born under the sign of Virgo and practices Christianity. Likewise, he is a Christian of mixed ethnicity, with ancestry from England, Ireland, Germany, France, Scotland and Wales.

At the moment, nothing is known about the names of his parents and siblings. The author has not yet revealed anything about his early childhood and is very private about his personal life. Academically, he completed his primary and secondary education at Yarra Valley Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia. He later enrolled in a local university in Australia and graduated.

Professional career

In terms of his professional career, Andy Griffiths started out as a teacher. And he soon discovered that not every child liked to read. In addition, he started writing pieces that he believes will help his students learn to enjoy reading and writing.

Due to his succession of plans, he stopped teaching and started writing full time. He is also known for his collaboration with Australian illustrator and author Terry Denton.

Just series

In 1997 he published his first book, ‘Just Tricking!’ This book consists of short stories about a character named Andy, who wants to be the world’s greatest prankster, but ends up being a victim of his own pranks.

Later in the series, he published books such as Just Annoying! (1998), Simply Disgusting! (2002), Simply Shocking! (2007), Just Macbeth! (2009), and simply doomed! (2012). The series, What’s with Andy?, was adapted into an animated television series, as was his novel The Day My Bum Went Psycho, which was also adapted into a television series.

Tree house series

In addition, he and Denton published the first book in the Treehouse series. Moreover, the book is about two characters named Andy and Terry who live in a treehouse with many levels of ridiculousness.

In the first book, The 13-Storey Treehouse, Andy and Terry find themselves in an incredible treehouse with a bowling alley, clear swimming pool, giant slingshot, and marshmallow machine.

The tree house grows 13 stories higher with each book in the series, with each level just as ridiculous as the last. The 39-story tree house (2013) has levels with a mud battle arena and an anti-gravity room. The world’s most powerful vortex and a huge spider web can be found in The 91-Storey Treehouse (2017).

In addition, this book series has been published in more than 35 countries, with five of the books adapted for stage.

Other works

‘The Bum Trilogy’ and ‘The Schooling Around Books’ were among his other works. The Bum Trilogy is a trilogy of books about Zack Freeman and his crazy runaway bum. While The Schooling Around Books is a series of four novels that follow the exploits of students at Northwest Southeast Central School.

He has also written picture books for children, including ‘Duck in a Truck in the Muck’ and ‘Frog on a Log in a Bog’ (both released in 2014).

Awards

Over the course of his career, this author and Terry’s books have sold more than 10 million copies, won 80 children’s awards and ten Australian Book Industry Awards, including Book of the Year in 2015 for The 52-Storey Treehouse.

He was awarded the Dromkeen Medal in 2015 for his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. This author is also an ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Pajama Foundation.

Andy Griffith’s height and weight

This Australian author is 6 feet tall and weighs about average. Likewise, he has black hair with a dark brown hair color and not much information about his other body stats is available.

Andy Griffith’s net worth

As a popular author, he has collected a huge sum of money from his books. He has a net worth of $25 million as of December 2022which he earned from his children’s books, such as short story collections, bad book series, novels, and so on.

Andy Griffiths Female

As for his personal life, Andy Griffiths married his wife, Jill Griffiths. However, little information is available about their exact wedding date and location, children, when and how they met, and many other details.