Graeme Base

Graeme Rowland Base is an 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. He was born in Amersham, England, but moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight and 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. He worked in advertising for two years and then began illustrating children's books, gradually moving to authoring them as well. His first book, *My Grandma lived in Gooligulc*h, was accepted by the first publisher he sent it to. Base resides in Melbourne with his wife Robyn and has three children. -- from *Wikipedia*

Born 1958-04-06

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• ISNI0000000081437941
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