Juliana Perdomo

Agent: Erica Rand Silverman

Juliana Perdomo is a poet and award-winning illustrator.

Having a background as a psychologist and art therapist, she discovered the positive effects that art and narrative had on the kids she worked with. She then found her passion in children’s literature, and being inspired by her culture, has been creating her own illustrations and stories ever since.

Her work is heartfelt and personal, folkish, a bit retro and joyful, with a latin touch.

She has illustrated many wonderful picture books including Donna Barba Higuera’s El Cucuy is Scared, Too and It’s Navidad, El Cucuy! and Susan Verde’s Can You See It? and Are You Listening?

Her authorial debut, Sometimes All I Need is Me, published by Candlewick in 2022, was awarded an Ezra Jack Keats Writer’s Honor and recognized by Bank Street as a Best Book of the Year while the Spanish version, A Veces Yo Soy Too lo que Necesito, was a NYPL Best Book of the Year.

She was born in Bogotá, Colombia, surrounded by nature, bright colors, music, weird fruits, sunshine, animals, friends and a huge and loving family. She currently lives there with her wonderful son, Luca.

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