Juliana Perdomo is an award winning author and illustrator from Bogotá, Colombia. Having a background as a psychologist and art therapist, her work is emotional, heartfelt, personal, folkish, a bit retro and joyful, with a latin touch. 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.
