Gael Abary is a Filipino-American artist based in O’ahu, Hawai’i. She has worked in creative fields for decades and made her debut as a children’s book illustrator with CROW SPIRIT (2019), written by Debra Bartsch. Her recent book, IF YOU WANT TO RIDE A HORSE (2024), written by Amy Novesky and published with Neal Porter Books, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and was also selected for the Society of Illustrators 44th Original Art Exhibit. Her next project, MADE FOR MORE, written by Chloe Ito Ward, is forthcoming with Allida Books in 2025. When she’s not making art, Gael enjoys having coffee at the beach and hanging out with her daughter, their cat and retired racing greyhound.
