Blue Jaryn (they/he) is a writer and illustrator creating picturebooks. Their debut book is Payden’s Pronoun Party (2022), illustrated by Xochitl Cornejo and published by Page Street Kids. Blue is also the illustrator of As Bright as a Rainbow (2024), written by Romy Ash and published by HarperCollins.

Born in the Victorian Otways/unceded Gadubanud land, in Australia, Blue grew up on 36 acres of bushland with a basic mudbrick home amongst gum trees and a variety of animals (including some other humans…). Living in a rural area and not having a TV at home in their early years meant they spent a lot of their free time reading insatiably and developing a passion for creativity. Blue has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in professional and creative writing, and a PhD in education studies. They are queer and nonbinary with Scottish, Irish, English, Channel Islander and settler Australian heritage.