Sophie Blackall
CBC Books | Posted: June 21, 2018 9:03 PM | Last Updated: October 2, 2018
Sophie Blackall is an Australian-born, New York-based author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books, including Hello Lighthouse and illustrator of books Finding Winnie and Winnie's Great War. Blackall won the 2016 — Caldecott Medal America's most prestigious prize for children's illustration — for her artwork in Finding Winnie, written by Toronto author Lindsay Mattick.
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