Gina Calleja

Gina Calleja, born Jean Gadsby, (March 12, 1928 – March 7, 2017) was an author and illustrator of children's books in Canada.

Personal life and education Calleja was born Jean Gadsby in Lowestoft, England. She studied art at Reading University and London University's Slade School of Fine Art.

She married Joseph Calleja, a painter and sculptor from Malta, Soon after, she illustrated two of Frank Etherington's stories, The Spaghetti Word Race and Those Words.

Calleja created her first children's book as an author in 1983, entitled Tobo Hates Purple. She continued to write and illustrate over the next two decades; her most recent book is Great Food for Happy Kids in 2001.

Publications

As author

Tobo Hates Purple, 1983 Wizzo and the Cookie Babies, 1994 Bloor and Christie, 1998

As illustrator Peas Again for Lunch, 1980.