Katy Dockrill is a Toronto illustrator with 25+ years of expertise. Her favourite part of the process is digging into the nitty-gritty of a brief to find the right tone, instilling humour where possible. Some of her clients include the City of Toronto, Second Story Press, Owlkids, Broadview Magazine, JMVFH magazine and The Globe and Mail. When she isn’t drawing (or reading, lets be honest), she loves to find things, fix things, drink coffee, take walks in the neighbourhood and swim at her local pools. She’s constantly inspired by her ever-evolving city, her friends, and her family.

AWARDS

2025 Hackmatack-Children’s Choice Award Nominee for ’Are We There Yet’.

2024 World Illustration Award, longlisted, children’s publishing for ‘City of Neighbors’.

2021 Top Ten American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table for ‘City of Water’.

2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for ‘City of Water’, written by Andrea Curtis

2019 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for ‘ A Voice for the Spirit Bears’, written by Carmen Oliver

2018 SPD (The Society of Publication Designers) Merit Winner for 'Parting Words' created for Middlebury Magazine, and designed by Carey Bass.

2018 Applied Arts Magazine Illustration Annual, winner for a series of editorial work created for NJ Monthly Magazine.

2018 Communication Arts Magazine, shortlisted for pieces created for CBC and Middlebury Magazine.

2015 Grand Gold CASE District Vlll Communications Awards winner for a series of illustrations for the University of Alberta's Alumni Magazine.

2015 Silver, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, winner for illustrations for New Trail, Spring 2014, the University of Alberta's Alumni Magazine.

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