Juliana Perdomo is an award-winning poet and 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 authorial debut, Sometimes All I Need is Me, published by Candlewick in 2022, was awarded an Ezra Jack Keats Writer’s Honor, a Booklist starred review and recognized by Bank Street as a Best Book of the Year. The Spanish version, A Veces Yo Soy Todo lo que Necesito, was a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year.
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?
She was born in Bogotá, Colombia, surrounded by nature, bright colors, music, weird fruits, sunshine, and animals. She currently lives there with her dear family.
Published books
Somos lo que somos, Mariana Perdomo and Juliana Perdomo. Penguin Random House Colombia, 2017
Alcánzame una Pera, Mariana Perdomo and Juliana Perdomo. Penguin Random House Colombia, 2017
Rainbow Colours, Words&Pictures and Juliana Perdomo, Quarto Publishing 2020
What is Baby Going to Do? Laura Knowles and Juliana Perdomo Quarto Publishing 2020
What is Mummy Going to Do? Carly Madden and Juliana Perdomo Quarto Publishing 2020
What is Daddy Going to Do? Carly Madden and Juliana Perdomo, Quarto Publishing 2021
El Cucuy is Scared Too, Donna Barba Higuera and Juliana Perdomo, Abrams 2021
My Hanukkah Book of Opposites, Tammar Stein and Juliana Perdomo, PJ Library 2021
Sometimes All I Need is Me, Juliana Perdomo, Candlewick Press 2022
The Thank You Book, Danna Smith and Juliana Perdomo, Simon and Schuster 2022
Feliz Navidad El Cucuy, Donna Barba Higuera and Juliana Perdomo, Abrams, 2023
Can You See it?, Susan Verde and Juliana Perdomo, Abrams, 2023
Are You Listening?, Susan Verde and Juliana Perdomo, Abrams (coming out on 2024)
How to Eat a Mango, Paola Santos and Juliana Perdomo, Holiday House (coming out on 2024)
