William Grill

William Grill is an 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. Grill graduated from University College Falmouth, is dyslexic, and runs a weekly art club at a local school.[2][3]

William Grill
Born1990 (age 29–30)
NationalityBritish
Websitewilliamgrill.co.uk

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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References
  1. London: Flying Eye Books. ISBN 9781909263109
  2. Daniel, Lucy (27 June 2015). "Why a picture book about Ernest Shackleton marks a publishing revolution". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. "True historical stories inspire Carnegie and Greenaway winners". BBC News. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. The Guardian: Shackleton and New York books win School Library Association non-fiction prize


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