Newshub understands she was killed in an accident.
Joy Ramirez wrote children's picture book Toot: The World's Tiniest Whale, performed as an electronic pop artist, and was represented by talent agency Karen Kay management.
"It's such a sad tragedy and we sincerely feel for people close to her, in particular her husband and family. She was such a lovely, kind person and will be so missed," a spokesperson at her agency said.
On her Instagram account, Ms Ramirez posted an image of a tiny knitted whale outside a resort in Vanuatu three days ago.
