Daniel
Gray-Barnett

Daniel Gray-Barnett is an illustrator and author from the Huon Valley in lutruwita/Tasmania, whose beloved picture books include the award-winning Grandma Z and Katerina Cruickshanks. He’s also the co-creator of two picture books about disability with Eliza Hull and Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin: Come Over to My House, which won the inaugural DANZ Award, and The World We Can Build, which publishes in May 2025. His illustration clients include Disney, Kiehl’s, Sydney Opera House and The New York Times. When he’s not in the studio, he can be found daydreaming in the garden with his husband, German pointers and chickens.