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Jamie Bauza biography
Jamie Bauza is an illustrator, designer and crafter. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University and received a Visual Arts Award there. In 2018, she attended the Summer Illustration Residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is a member and past president of Ang INK, a Philippine association of artists committed to the creation and promotion of illustration for children.
Bauza has illustrated picture books including Marvino’s League of Superheroes (2014) by Rae Rival-Cosico, Maya at Laya (2020) by Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan, Ang Dangkal ni Matmat: A Count & Measure Book (2022) by John Patrick Solano, and What Lolo Wants (2024) by Cristina Oxtra. She also wrote Gigil, a picture book published in 2024. In 2025, Little Rhino Lost by Candy Gourlay was published with illustrations by Jamie Bauza.
Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips
Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips 
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