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Ron Brooks (born 1948) is an Australian illustrator whose work has become foundational in the country’s picture-book tradition. He studied art in Melbourne, later continuing at Swinburne University and the Melbourne University of Technology and Design. Over several decades, Brooks created some of Australia’s most beloved picture books and is […]
Alison Lester (1952) is an Australian author and illustrator of children’s books. She grew up on a farm by the sea in Victoria, and later trained as a secondary arts teacher at Melbourne Teachers’ College. She started illustrating in 1979, initially working on other authors’ texts, and a few years […]
Jeannie Baker (born November 2, 1950) is a British-born Australian author, illustrator and visual artist of children’s picture books. She was born in Croydon, London, and studied graphic design at the Croydon School of Art and Brighton Polytechnic in England. After receiving her honours degree in Art and Design, she […]
Bob Graham (born in 1942) is an Australian author and illustrator best known for his picture books about everyday life. His works often focus on small, real moments — families, city streets, quiet gestures — drawn with loose watercolors and a documentary kind of tenderness. In 2002, his book Jethro […]
Robert Roger Ingpen (born 1936) is an Australian illustrator, author of children’s books, and graphic designer. He was born and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) with a degree in art and illustration. In 1958, Ingpen began working for the […]
Marc Martin is an illustrator and author based in Naarm/Melbourne. He works across a range of commercial projects, murals, editorial work, gallery shows and picture books. He is the author-illustrator of internationally award-winning books, including A Forest, A River, Everything & Everywhere and Masters of Disguise. He has twice been […]