In October 2005 a worldwide competition was launched to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Media partners included "The Globe and Mail" in Canada, "The Times" in the UK and "The Age" in Australia, with an international panel of judges that included Canadians Martin Levin, Books Editor of "The Globe and Mail, " Executive Publisher Louise Dennys and Random House of Canada Creative Director C.S. Richardson. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of Life of Pi.