Sophie Blackall
Sophie Blackall was born in Melbourne, Australia. She earned her bachelor's degree in design with honours from the University of Technology in Sydney before relocating to Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. Blackall has illustrated more than forty children's books, including Finding Winnie, for which she won the 2016 Randolph Caldecott Medal. Her 2012 MTA Arts and Design subway poster was displayed in trains throughout New York City. Blackall has collaborated with UNICEF creating artwork for immunisation advocacy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India, and with Save the Children, promoting children's literacy in Rwanda and Bhutan.