SAMI BAYLY is an Australian children’s author and illustrator who loves bringing the weird and wonderful to life with her watercolours. From ugly animals and parasites to funny poo stories, Sami celebrates the parts of nature most people overlook.
After finishing her Honours degree in Natural History Illustration at the University of Newcastle in 2018, she landed her very first book deal. Since then, she’s created award-winning books that have been loved by all.
Her newest title, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fast and Slow Animals, reveals who’s speedier – the Australian tiger beetle or a basset hound!
Sami shows us where she works and the things that inspire her.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sami Bayly is a natural history illustrator based in Newcastle, NSW, who loves all things weird and wonderful. She finds the beauty and importance of all animals regardless of their appearance, and hopes to share her appreciation with others.
Sami’s first book, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals, won the Children’s Indie Book of the Year Award and the Australian Book Design Award for Younger Readers. It was a CBCA Honour Book and was shortlisted for an ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children and longlisted for the ABA Booksellers’ Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards. Her second book, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals, was a CBCA Honour Book, an ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children, won an Australian Book Design Award for Younger Readers and was shortlisted for the Children’s Indie Book of the Year 2020. The final book in the series, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs, was shortlisted for the CBCA Eve Pownall Award and longlisted for Children’s Indie Book of the Year Award. Sami’s most recent book is How We Came to Be: Surprising Sea Creatures.
Sami is currently based in Newcastle, NSW.
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