Bill Thomson has created artwork for advertising, book, and editorial clients across the United States. In recent years, Thomson’s work has focused primarily on children’s books, illustrating Karate Hour, Building With Dad and Baseball Hour for Cavendish Children's Books.

Thomson's artwork has received numerous awards and recognition in the country’s most prestigious juried illustration competitions, including those sponsored by the Society of Illustrators (NY), the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, Step Inside Design and Three By Three. Thomson has also received Gold Awards from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators and the Connecticut Art Director’s Club, and his work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in New York and across the country.

Thomson was a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award for Children’s Book Illustrator in 2005 and 2007. His books have received accolades from the National Parenting Publications (Gold Award), the International Reading Association (Children’s Book Award Notable), the American Library Association (Booklist Editor’s Choice), and been nominated for state book awards in Washington, South Dakota, South Carolina, Texas and Indiana.

Bill Thomson is an Associate Professor of Illustration at the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford where he received Outstanding Teachers of the Year Award in 2004. Thomson also serves as thesis advisor in the Limited Residency MFA in Illustration program. Bill Thomson lives and works in Southington, Connecticut with his wife, Diann, and their three sons, Billy, Nik, and Ethan.