Gregory Rogers

For the Australian swimmer, see Greg Rogers.

Gregory Rogers
BornGregory John Rogers
(1957-06-19)19 June 1957
Brisbane, Queensland
Died1 May 2013(2013-05-01) (aged 55)
OccupationIllustrator and Writer of Children's Books
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Alma materQueensland College of Art
Notable works
  • Way Home
  • The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, and the Bard
Notable awardsKate Greenaway Medal

Gregory John Rogers (19 June 1957 – 1 May 2013)[1][2] was an illustrator and writer of children's books, especially picture books. He was the first Australian to win the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The book was Way Home by the Australian writer Libby Hathorn, published in the U.K. by Andersen Press in 1994. In the unnamed city, a boy makes his way home at night and adopts a stray cat en route.[3] The "picture book for older readers" was controversial on grounds both that it was "hardboiled" and that it "romanticised the plight of the homeless".[4]

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  4. ^ "Libby Hathorn". AUSTLIT (austlit.edu.au). Retrieved 2015-03-16.