Danica Novgorodoff is an artist, writer, and graphic novelist living in Louisville, KY. Her graphic novels include: 

A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis, 

Long Way Down (adapted from Jason Reynolds’ novel), 

The Undertaking of Lily Chen, 

Refresh Refresh, 

Slow Storm, 

and A Late Freeze. 

Her picture books include: 

Alexander von Humboldt: Explorer, Naturalist, and Environmental Pioneer, 

and Not a Cat: a memoir (written by Winter Miller). 

In 2023, Danica published The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around The World for the Heart of Your Table, a cookbook in collaboration with NYC Chef JJ Johnson. 

In 2022, Danica was awarded the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK’s most prestigious award for children’s book illustration. She also received grants in literature from South Arts (2025), Kentucky Foundation for Women (2025), the Puffin Foundation (2024), the Café Royal Cultural Foundation (2020), and the New York Foundation for the Arts (2015). 

Her art and writing have been published in The New Yorker, MoMA Magazine, Best American Comics, The Believer, Artforum, Esquire, VQR, Slate, Orion, Seneca Review, Ecotone Journal, The Arkansas International, and others. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA, Willapa Bay, Loretto Motherhouse, and Brush Creek.

Danica is on the board of the Cofán Survival Fund, working to support the indigenous Cofán people of the Ecuadorian Amazon to protect their environment and culture.