2003 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners
2003 Writer Award
Shirin Yim Bridges
2003 Illustrator Award
Sophie Blackall
From: Australia; Now: Brooklyn, New York
6 Word Memoir: Never enough hours in the day.
Activities: Raising ducklings, building stone walls, scouring flea markets, visiting writers’ houses…
Distraction: I am very lucky to share a studio in Brooklyn with three other picture book makers, Brian Floca, Rowboat Watkins and Douglas Salati. When I’m not there I’m in the Catskill Mountains where I’m building a retreat for children’s book people in an old dairy farm, called Milkwood.
Other Awards:
- Finding Winnie, 2016 Caldecott Medal
- Hello Lighthouse, 2019 Caldecott Medal
- Meet Wild Boars, Society of Illustrators Founder’s Award
Upcoming: If you Come to Earth, Chronicle Books September 2020.