This author was born in England, but when he was 8 years old his family moved to Australia. He felt like an outcast at school, except in art class where he wowed the other students, so he decided early on to become a professional artist. He studied graphic design in Melbourne and worked in advertising, but soon started writing and illustrating books for children. He wrote My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch and it was accepted by the first publisher he sent it to (which almost never happens! My first picture book will come out in 2026, 28 years after I began submitting stories). His next project was a richly detailed animal alphabet book, called Animalia, which was an immediate hit in Australia and became popular worldwide. He also wrote and illustrated a picture book with mystery elements, called The Eleventh Hour. This is Graeme Base.
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