Graeme Base was born in
England on April 6,
1958 and moved to
Australia when he was eight (the same year he wrote his first book,
Book of Monsters, illustrated in coloured pencil and never published). He graduated from the
Swinburne College of Art in
Melborne in
1978. He has
illustrated several books, including
My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch (1983), which he both wrote and illustrated, and
The Days of the Dinosaurs (
Jan Anderson,
1985).
He currently lives in Melborne with his wife, Robyn, and his children James, Katherine and William.
The works he both illustrated and wrote include:
He also illustrated