Giles Andreae an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Purple Ronnie was sold in April 2007 to Coolabi, the small UK company which manages the Hammer House of Horror brand, for £3.3m. Since then the company have tried to break the US market by adapting the designs and language to suit. Giles Andreae Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester
Lorin F. Deland agency, was a military historian, author, reporter, actor, and chess master. He even wrote the words to a popular 1900 song entitled “Dinah”. Deland appeared in many local theatre productions, and the income from his advertising agency was used to support several local charities. On May 12, 1880, he married Margaret Deland, who later gained fame as a novelist, short story writer, and poet. Deland had inherited his father's publishing company, which he sold in 1886 to go into advertising, as well as opening a greeting card business. Margaret’s writing career began by authoring verses for her husband's greeting cards.