What is Eric Hill?
'''Eric Gordon Hill''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]}} (7 September 1927 &ndash; 6 June 2014) was a [[British people|British]] [[author]] and [[illustrator]] of [[Children's literature|children's picture books]]. He was best known for his character [[Spot the Dog]]. Hill was born in [[Holloway, London|Holloway]], [[London]]. He was made an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2008 [[New Year Honours]]. He was married to Gillian and had two children, Christopher and Jane. Hill died after a short illness on 6 June 2014 in [[California]], [[United States]], aged 86. He had lived in the U.S. since the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-11/spot-the-dog-creator-eric-hill-dies/5514822|title=Eric Hill, creator of Spot the Dog, dies aged 86|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=11 June 2014|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.penguin.com/author/eric-hill/1000015103 Eric Hill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617173700/http://www.penguin.com/author/eric-hill/1000015103 |date=2014-06-17 }} at [http://www.penguin.com/ Penguin Books] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Eric}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:English children's writers]] [[Category:British illustrators]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Writers from London]] {{Bio-stub}}