Graeme Base

Graeme Rowland Base (born 6 April 1958) is a British-Australian author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989.

Early life He was born in Amersham, England and moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight. He has lived there ever since. He attended Box Hill High School and Melbourne High School in Melbourne, and then studied a Diploma of Art (Graphic Design) for three years at Swinburne University of Technology at Prahran. His first book, My Grandma lived in Gooligulch, was accepted by the first publisher he sent it to.

Base resides in Melbourne with his wife Robyn and has three children.

Publishings Susan Burke's The Island Bike Business (Co-illustrator with Betty Greenhatch, 1982) My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch (1983) An exhibition was created based on The Water Hole and displayed at the National Museum of Australia. My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch was adapted as a play by Gooligulch Productions. The play premiered at the Chookahs! Kids Festival (Melbourne) in 2006 and is touring country areas in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Animalia has been made into a television series (Animalia), and also is one of the most sold books around the world. Animalia was made into an iPhone and iPad app in 2010. Published on the iTunes app store by AppBooks and produced by The Base Factory. An iPhone app based on Jungle Drums was released by Inyerpocket in 2008. Between Boxing Day 2012 and April 2013, Sand Sculpting Australia held their annual exhibition in Frankston, Victoria called "Under the Sea" and included a sculpture based on Graeme's book The Sign of the Seahorse. Their 2013–14 exhibition, "Storyland", was themed on various children's book titles, television shows, and other media, and included a sculpture based on The Discovery of Dragons.

Awards Animalia – 1987 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Honour book 1998 Dromkeen Medal TruckDogs: A novel in four bites – 2004 CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers Uno's Garden – 2007 Green Book Award: Picture Book