William Grill

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William Grill
Born1990 (age 32–33)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University College Falmouth
Website williamgrill.co.uk

William Grill is a British illustrator, whose first children's book, Shackleton's Journey, [1] depicting Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2015.

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His second book is titled The Wolves of Currumpaw, and is based on the story "Lobo the King of Currumpaw," (from Wild Animals I Have Known ) by naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton. [2]

Biography

Grill grew up in a rural area and worked on a farm as a young adult, experiences which have influenced his art and writing. [2] He graduated from University College Falmouth, is dyslexic, and runs a weekly art club at a local school. [3] [4]

Awards and honors

Two of Grill's books are Junior Library Guild selections: The Wolves of Currumpaw (2016) [5] and Earth Verse (2018). [6] In 2014, The New York Times named Shackleton's Journey one of the best illustrated books of the year. [7] [8] The Wolves of Currumpaw received a starred review from Publishers Weekly , [9] and Bandoola received a starred review from Booklist . [10]

When Grill won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2015 at age 24 for Shackleton's Journey, he was the youngest person to have earned the award since 1960. [11] In addition to the Greenaway Medal, Grill won the Colin Mears Award. [11]

Awards for Grill's books
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2015Shackleton's Journey Kate Greenaway Medal Winner [12] [11]
School Library Association Information Book Award Winner [13]
2016The Wolves of Currumpaw Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic NovelFinalist [14]
2017 Bolognaragazzi Award Winner [5]
Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist [15]
Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile NonfictionWinner [16]
2018 Zilveren Penseel Winner

Publications

As author and illustrator

As illustrator only

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References

  1. ↑ London: Flying Eye Books. ISBN   978-1-909263-10-9
  2. 1 2 Gilmore, Natasha (7 July 2016). "Q & A with William Grill". Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Daniel, Lucy (27 June 2015). "Why a picture book about Ernest Shackleton marks a publishing revolution". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "True historical stories inspire Carnegie and Greenaway winners". BBC News. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2014". Shelf Awareness . 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "New York Times Best Illustrated Awards Announced". Publishers Weekly . 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Wolves of Currumpaw". Publishers Weekly . 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Chaudhri, Amina (1 March 2022). "Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue". Booklist . Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 Eccleshare, Julia (22 June 2015). "Landman, Grill Win 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K." Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Awards: CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway; Warwick". Shelf Awareness . 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  13. ↑ Barker, Molly (11 November 2015). "Shackleton and New York books win School Library Association non-fiction prize". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "2016 Cybils Finalists". Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "2017 Shortlist Resources". Carnegie Greenway. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "WWA announces 2017 Spur Award winners". Western Writers of America . 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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