Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892)

Will James (artist)

Canadian-American artist and writer (1892–1942)

William Roderick James was a Canadian-American artist and writer of the American West. He is known for writing Smoky the Cowhorse, for which he won the 1927 Newbery Medal, and numerous "cowboy" stories for adults and children. His artwork, which predominantly involved cowboy and…