Sophie Blackall is an award-winning illustrator of over 55 books for children, including national bestsellers If I Was a Horse, and Farmhouse; the 2016 Caldecott Medal winner, Finding Winnie and the 2019 Caldecott Medal winner, Hello Lighthouse, and the Ivy and Bean series;. She is the five-time recipient of The New York Times Best Illustrated Picture Book Award and has worked with UNICEF and Save the Children on global health and literacy initiatives. Originally from Australia, she now splits her time between Brooklyn, New York, and the Catskill Mountains, where she runs a retreat for the children’s book community called Milkwood Farm.
