William Grill Explained

William Grill
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:University College Falmouth

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.

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 rural Hampshire[3] 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.[4] [5]

Awards and honors

Two of Grill's books are Junior Library Guild selections: The Wolves of Currumpaw (2016)[6] and Earth Verse (2018).[7] In 2014, The New York Times named Shackleton's Journey one of the best illustrated books of the year.[8] [9] The Wolves of Currumpaw received a starred review from Publishers Weekly,[10] and Bandoola received a starred review from Booklist.[11]

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.[12] In addition to the Greenaway Medal, Grill won the Colin Mears Award.

Awards for Grill's books!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2015Shackleton's JourneyKate Greenaway MedalWinner[13]
School Library Association Information Book AwardWinner[14]
2016Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic NovelFinalist[15]
2017Winner
Kate Greenaway MedalShortlist[16]
Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction Winner[17]
2018Zilveren PenseelWinner

Publications

As author and illustrator

As illustrator only

Notes and References

  1. London: Flying Eye Books.
  2. Web site: Gilmore . Natasha . 2016-07-07 . Q & A with William Grill . 2023-04-02 . . en . 28 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528075141/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/70842-q-a-with-william-grill.html . live .
  3. Web site: The Wolves of Currumpaw. Caught by the River. 14 July 2017. 17 April 2024.
  4. News: Daniel . Lucy . 2015-06-27 . Why a picture book about Ernest Shackleton marks a publishing revolution . The Telegraph . 2016-09-08 . 7 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170707135450/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/why-a-picture-book-about-ernest-shackleton-marks-a-publishing-re/ . live .
  5. News: . 2015-06-15 . True historical stories inspire Carnegie and Greenaway winners . BBC News . 2016-09-08 . 18 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161118020037/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33226279 . live .
  6. Web site: The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill . 2023-04-02 . Junior Library Guild .
  7. Web site: Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker . 2023-04-02 . Junior Library Guild.
  8. Web site: 2014-10-31 . New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2014 . 2023-04-02 . . 7 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220107032909/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2376 . live .
  9. Web site: 2014-10-30 . New York Times Best Illustrated Awards Announced . 2023-04-02 . . en . 28 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228055236/http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/64565-new-york-times-best-illustrated-awards-announced.html . live .
  10. Web site: 2016-06-13 . The Wolves of Currumpaw . 2023-04-02 . . 2 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402060859/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781909263833 . live .
  11. Web site: Chaudhri . Amina . 2022-03-01 . Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue . 2023-04-02 . . 2 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402060900/https://www.booklistonline.com/Bandoola-The-Great-Elephant-Rescue-/pid=9754699 . live .
  12. Web site: Eccleshare . Julia . 2015-06-22 . Landman, Grill Win 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K. . 2023-04-02 . . en . 5 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005185120/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/67213-2015-carnegie-greenaway-medals-announced-in-u-k.html . live .
  13. Web site: 2015-06-23 . Awards: CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway; Warwick . 2023-04-02 . . 19 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819135156/http://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2534 . live .
  14. News: Barker . Molly . 2015-11-11 . Shackleton and New York books win School Library Association non-fiction prize . en-GB . . 2023-04-02 . 0261-3077 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092326/http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/nov/11/shackleton-and-new-york-books-win-school-library-association-non-fiction-prize . live .
  15. Web site: 2016 Cybils Finalists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221105105246/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2016-cybils-finalists . 2022-11-05 . 2023-03-25 . Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2017 Shortlist Resources . 2021-10-11 . Carnegie Greenway . en . 6 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106205400/https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive/2017-shortlist-resources/ . live .
  17. Web site: 2017-03-11 . WWA announces 2017 Spur Award winners . 2023-04-02 . . en-US . 27 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127161928/http://westernwriters.org/2017/03/wwa-announces-2017-spur-award-winners/ . live .

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