Jake A Minton

About The Author

Jake A Minton lives on Bundjalung Country near Byron Bay. Jake was a finalist for the Little Hare Illustration Prize in 2022. His first picture book, There's No Such Book, went on to be shortlisted for the CBCA Award for Best New Illustrator. Jake's second picture book, Two Turtles, has been named an Honour Book in the 2025 CBCA Awards. Jake is also the illustrator of the popular illustrated junior-fiction series Zombie Diaries, and he launched the new Australian graphic novel imprint Figment with his title Inked in April 2025.

Books by Jake A Minton

Maya Follows Her Nose
By Nic Gill
Illustrated by Jake A Minton

Maya the border collie has been abandoned at the local animal shelter and is worried she won’t find her forever home. But just as her hope starts to fade Dr Romane ‘Rom’ Cristescu comes by looking for a dog with a keen nose to help with her research. She needs a dog to track koalas by their sn...

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