Barboria-Bjarne-2013 Barboria Bjarne is a freelance writer and artist. When not writing or painting, she works on her urban homestead. ‘Grayson and the Crumbly, Grumbly, Rumbly Cookie‘ is her second picture book, published in March 2015, written in prose and accompanied by delightful illustrations in gouache. She also wrote and illustrated ‘Quanny and Danny’, her first picture book in verse about a cute little puppy, raised by a goose, published in February 2014.