Gregory Rogers

Biography:

Gregory Rogers 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 author 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. )