Graeme Rowland Base

Name :	Graeme Rowland Base

ID :	18385415

Gender:	Male

Born:	April 6, 1958 ( 55 years )

Country:	Australia

Place of birth:	Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Author

Partners & Children

p: Robyn Anne Paterson

Biography of Graeme Rowland

Graeme Rowland Base, an Australian author and artist of picture books and is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989.

Base was born in Amersham, England but moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight and has lived here 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.

Base 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 Gooligulch, was accepted by the first publisher he sent it to.

Base continues to focus his imagination and talent on creating picture books for kids of all ages. "I am my own audience," Base explained in Reading Time.He resides in Melbourne with his wife Robyn and has three children.

Books:

· My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch

· Animalia