Jude Daly was born in London but grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She has illustrated many of children's stories and fairy-tales from around the world, ranging from an Irish version of the Cinderella story, THE LITTLE BLUE SLIPPER, to an Egyptian myth of creation to Milton's PARADISE LOST. Her books have been published in many countries and have been translated into nine languages.

In Spring 2008 Houghton Mifflin published WAY UP AND OVER EVERYTHING, a retelling by Alice McGill of a Black American story dating from the time of slavery.

More recently Frances Lincoln have published THE FAR AWAY ISLAND, a new collaboration with Dianne Hofmeyr.

Jude Daly lives with her husband, author-illustrator Niki Daly,
in Cape Town.