abstract:Christian Birmingham is a British illustrator and artist who has worked with a number of authors, including children's laureate Michael Morpurgo on books including Whitbread Children's Book of the Year The Wreck of the Zanzibar and Smarties Prize winner The Butterfly Lion. He was also shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler and Kate Greenaway Awards for illustration.
Also confirmed for Birmingham are former Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson and current 1500m and 10, 000m Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele.