Danica Novgorodoff
Recipient Information
Location
Louisville, Kentucky
Year of Award
2025
Grant or Fellowship
Literary Arts Touring Grants
Grant Amount
$5,000
Danica Novgorodoff is an artist, writer, and New York Times best-selling illustrator. Her books include the graphic novels Long Way Down, written by Jason Reynolds; Slow Storm; The Undertaking of Lily Chen; and Refresh Refresh; the cookbook The Simple Art of Rice, with Chef JJ Johnson; and the picture book Alexander von Humboldt: Explorer, Naturalist, and Environmental Pioneer.
In 2022, Danica was awarded the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK’s most prestigious award for children’s book illustration. She also received a 2024 Puffin Foundation grant for her graphic novel A Better World is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (forthcoming from First Second Books, 2026), a 2020 Café Royal Cultural Foundation grant in literature, and a 2015 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in literature.