She won the 2016 Caldecott Medal for Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear and the 2019 Caldecott Medal for Hello Lighthouse. Her 2015 collaboration with Emily Jenkins, A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat, was praised by reviewers but became the subject of controversy over its depiction of slavery. She did a series of paintings for the book, based on some of these messages, and also made a poster for the MTA Arts for Transit program which was displayed in New York City subway cars the following year. Her first book for adults, Missed Connections: Love, Lost & Found (2011), was based on a blog for anonymous messages posted online by lovelorn strangers. Eventually she began writing children's books on her own, as well as continuing her collaborative work. Her first illustrated book, Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, won the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award in 2003. She began illustrating children's books in collaboration with writers. She did various editorial work, and did several animated commercials for the UK market. In 2000 she won a lottery for an immigration visa, and moved her family to Brooklyn, New York, even though she had no certainty of employment. While in Australia, she married and had two children. She also exhibited her paintings at galleries in Sydney and Melbourne.

Career īlackall started her career with various jobs such as painting robotic characters for theme parks, and authoring a household hints column. In 1992, Blackall earned a Bachelor of Design from University of Technology Sydney. ( August 2021)īlackall was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1970.

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