Lucinda Gifford
Author & Illustrator of Children’s Fiction
based in VIC
Lucinda Gifford is the author and illustrator of many well-loved and award-winning books for kids. She has illustrated over 40 books, nine of which she has also written. Lucinda’s books have been translated into numerous languages and her popular picture book, Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas, was chosen for the 2020 Australia Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS).
Boris in Switzerland, the second book in her ‘Wolves of Greycoat Hall’ series won the 2024 Davitt Award in the Children’s category, and was highly praised by the judges: “With witty, expressive illustrations on almost every page, it is jam-packed with the talent, passion, and esteem for readership of author-illustrator Lucinda Gifford”.
Lucinda works from her home studio in Melbourne and especially enjoys making books about chickens, dogs, cats, wolves and magical creatures.
lucindagiffordbooks.com
Some recent and notable books include:
Written by Lucinda:
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (three-book series), published by Walker Books (2020, 2022 & 2024)
Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas & Whitney and Britney Chicken Detectives, published by Scholastic Australia (2019, 2021)
Dogasaurus, published by Scholastic Australia (2018)
Duck Duck Moose, published by Allen and Unwin (2019)
Written by others:
The Bug Book, written by Tania Ingram and published by Little Book Press, 2024
Grandma Murphy’s Pussycat, written by Maura Finn and published by Affirm Press, 2024
The Best Present Ever, written by Zoe Foster Blake and published by Penguin Books Australia, 2024
Big Dog is a Big Help, written by Sally Rippin and published by Hardie Grant, 2023
Neil the Amazing Sea Cucumber, written by Amelia McInerey and published by Affirm Press, 2023
Hair!, written by Mike Dumbleton and published by Little Book Press, 2023
Too Many Cats, written by Maura Finn and published by Affirm Press, 2022
The Cat Wants Custard, The Cat Wants Cuddles, The Cat Wants Kittens, The Cat Wants a Castle, written by P Crumble and published by Scholastic Australia 2015-2021
