Lily Williams (author)
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Lily Williams is an American author, illustrator, cartoonist, and film maker. Williams wrote and illustrated many children's books including the If Animals Disappeared series and Go With The Flow which was co-written with Karen Schneemann and was nominated for an Eisner Award.
Early Life[edit]
Lily Williams grew up in the Bay Area of California[1]. Her mom, Amy Williams, was the chair of Fashion Design at California College of the Arts and her father, Brandt Williams, joined the design faculty there later[2]. In 2014, Lily Williams graduated from California College of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Animation.
Career[edit]
In 2013, Williams made a series of What Happens When Sharks Disappear infographics that went viral[3] and lead to a book deal for If Sharks Disappeared[4]. During 2013-2014 Williams worked on FINconceivable[5], an animated documentary short that was her senior thesis film, that went on to win the Animation Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2016.
Upon graduation from California College of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Animation in 2014, Williams joined Sony Pictures Animation where she worked on the Smurfs franchise and Surfs Up franchise, as well as, other movies. After two years in Animation, Williams left to become a fulltime freelance artist.
After leaving animation, If Sharks Disappeared was published by Macmillan in 2017. After the success of If Sharks Disappeared, it was turned into a series[6] called the If Animals Disappeared[7] series (including If Polar Bears Disappeared, If Elephants Disappeared, If Bees Disappeared, and If Tigers Disappeared).
in 2016 Williams and her friend Karen Schneemann started a weekly webcomic aimed at destigmatizing menstrual health called The Mean Magenta[8]. This lead to the graphic novel, Go With The Flow, written by both Williams and Scheemann[9]. While creating Go With The Flow, The Mean Magenta went on a hiatus and has not returned.
Go With The Flow was published in 2020 to crticial acclaim including a starred Kirkus Review, finalist for the LA Times Book Prize[10], and an Eisner Nomination[11].
Personal Life[edit]
Williams lives in Colorado.
Bibliography[edit]
Author and Illustrator
- If Sharks Disappeared (Macmillan, 2017)
- If Polar Bears Disappeared (Macmillan, 2018)
- If Elephants Disappeared (Macmillan, 2019)
- If Bees Disappeared (Macmillan, 2021)
- If Tigers Disappeared (Macmillan, 2022 expected)
- Go With The Flow (Macmillan, 2020)
- Exposures (Macmillan, 2022 rumored)
Illustrator
- Can You Crack The Code written by Ella Schwartz (Bloomsbury, 2018)
Art Contributions
- Collectors edition of Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Collectors edition of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
References[edit]
- ↑ Inside Sony Pictures Animation - Visual Development Artist Lily Williams, retrieved 2021-09-27
- ↑ 2342367. "Glance | Spring 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ Chin, Cherilyn (2017-03-17). "Book Preview of "If Sharks Disappeared" and Interview with Author Lily Williams". Ocean of Hope. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "Behind the Fins: Lily Williams". THE FINS UNITED INITIATIVE. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "FINconceivable". Lily Williams. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ Lodge |, Sally. "Lily Williams Continues Her Environmental Mission". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "If Animals Disappeared | Series". Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "https://themeanmagenta.com/?og=1". themeanmagenta.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Let's Talk About Menstruation". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ Twitter; Instagram; Email; Facebook (2021-03-02). "Isabel Wilkerson, Jacob Soboroff, Akwaeke Emezi among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (2021-06-09). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
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