William Grill
William Grill is a British illustrator, whose first children's book, Shackleton's Journey, depicting Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2015. 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.
William Grill
- Name
- William Grill
- Born
- 1990
- Education
- University College Falmouth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- writer · illustrator
- Honours
- Kate Greenaway Medal
- Languages
- English
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William Grill is a British illustrator, whose first children's book, Shackleton's Journey, depicting Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2015. 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.
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William Grill (born 1990) is an illustrator and writer, of British nationality.
Languages used include English. Honours include Kate Greenaway Medal.
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• Name — William Grill • Born — 1990 • Website — williamgrill.co.uk • Education — University College Falmouth
Biography
Biography
Grill grew up in rural Hampshire and worked on a farm as a young adult, experiences which have influenced his art and writing. He graduated from University College Falmouth, is dyslexic, and runs a weekly art club at a local school.
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William Grill born.
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Two of Grill's books are Junior Library Guild selections: The Wolves of Currumpaw (2016) and Earth Verse (2018). In 2014, The New York Times named Shackleton's Journey one of the best illustrated books of the year. The Wolves of Currumpaw received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and Bandoola received a starred review from Booklist. 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. In addition to the Greenaway Medal, Grill won the Colin Mears Award. Awards for Grill's books • Year — Title — Award — Result — Ref. • 2015 — Shackleton's Journey — Kate Greenaway Medal — Winner • School Library Association Information Book Award — Winner • 2016 — Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel — Finalist • 2017 — Bolognaragazzi Award — Winner • Kate Greenaway Medal — Shortlist • Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction — Winner • 2018 — Zilveren Penseel — Winner
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- 1.London: Flying Eye Books.
- 2.Gilmore, Natasha. Q & A with William Grill. Publishers Weekly. 2016-07-07.
- 3.The Wolves of Currumpaw. Caught by the River. 14 July 2017.
- 4.Daniel, Lucy. Why a picture book about Ernest Shackleton marks a publishing revolution. The Telegraph. 2015-06-27.
- 5.True historical stories inspire Carnegie and Greenaway winners. BBC News. 2015-06-15.
- 6.The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill. Junior Library Guild.
- 7.Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker. Junior Library Guild.
- 8.New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2014. Shelf Awareness. 2014-10-31.
- 9.New York Times Best Illustrated Awards Announced. Publishers Weekly. 2014-10-30.
- 10.The Wolves of Currumpaw. Publishers Weekly. 2016-06-13.
- 11.Chaudhri, Amina. Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue. Booklist. 2022-03-01.
- 12.Eccleshare, Julia. Landman, Grill Win 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K. Publishers Weekly. 2015-06-22.
- 13.Awards: CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway; Warwick. Shelf Awareness. 2015-06-23.
- 14.Barker, Molly. Shackleton and New York books win School Library Association non-fiction prize. The Guardian. 2015-11-11. 0261-3077.
- 15.2016 Cybils Finalists. Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards.
- 16.2017 Shortlist Resources. Carnegie Greenway.
- 17.WWA announces 2017 Spur Award winners. Western Writers of America. 2017-03-11.
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