Errol Lloyd

Errol Lloyd (b. 1943, Jamaica) is an artist, writer, art critic, editor and arts administrator. Since the 1960s he has been based in London, to which he originally travelled to study law. Now well known as a book illustrator, he was runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1973 for his work on My Brother Sean by Petronella Breinburg. A central figure in the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in 1966, he went on to produce book jackets, greetings cards and other material for London’s Black-owned publishing companies including New Beacon Books, Bogle-L’Ouverture Publications and Allison & Busby. He also served as an editor of the Minorities’ Arts Advisory Service (MAAS) magazine, Artrage, and his young adult novel Many Rivers (1995) was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.