Will hillenbrand biography

  • About the author .
  • WILL HILLENBRAND has written and illustrated many award-winning picture books, including The House That Drac Built by Judy Sierra and his own Down by the Station.
  • I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where my family owned a barbershop.

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    Will Hillenbrand


    Born

    in City, Ohio, Description United States

    Can 31, 1960


    Website

    http://www.willhillenbrand.com/


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    WillHillenbrand


    Genre

    Children's


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  • will hillenbrand biography

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    Born: 1960

    Ohio connection: Birth

    Cincinnati

    Will Hillenbrand was born in Cincinnati to Earl (a barber) and Alice (Zins) Hillenbrand and has lived almost all his life in Cincinnati where he grew up surrounded by stories. The youngest of four boys with diverse personalities and talents, Hillenbrand found himself interested in drawing.  His older brother sketched cartoons and he began by copying him.  He drew mostly on paper at the kitchen table, but also used crayons on the stairwell walls to the basement, not always to his mother’s delight.  He later found he had a good eye for composition and was comfortable with graphic design and chose art as his vocation.  Hillenbrand attended Art Academy of Cincinnati earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design.  Hillenbrand worked as an artist in commercial advertising.  With a class in picture book art at Ohio State University, Hillenbrand the graphic designer and Hillenbrand the storyteller merged. Class projects led to his first picture book portfolio and he eventually left advertising art to pursue a career in picture book illustration.  Hillenbrand’s artwork debuted in a 1990 juvenile novel entitled Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade by Elvira Woodruf

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    I want to tell you about my childhood, family, and interests. 

    I'm the youngest of four boys and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. My mom, Alice, was a stay-at-home mom, and my Dad was a barber.

    My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. 

    My favorite sport is baseball. I played baseball in the backyard with my brothers, hour after hour. We also played on the same organized team.

    I also enjoyed playing football. 

    I love all four seasons, but my favorite is winter. An overnight snow shower can paint the whole landscape white, changing it like magic. Then, I would make a big snowman. 

    A block and a half away from my home was my second home: the public library. I met many new friends there, and they told me their stories. So I kept coming back for more and more and more. I fell in love with art on books at the library. 

    I have one son, and his name is Ian. Ian is a geologist at The United States Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado (soon to have his Ph.D.). I've known my wife almost my entire life. We both fell in love with books together and have been in love with books and each other ever since.