Grace Lin is a Taiwanese-American author and illustrator of books for children, born on 17 May 1974 and raised in upstate New York; she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her novel “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (2009), inspired by Chinese folklore, received a Newbery Honor and opened a trilogy completed by “Starry River of the Sky” and “When the Sea Turned to Silver”. Her picture book “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” (2018) was a Caldecott Honor book, and the early readers Ling & Ting earned a Geisel Honor. She is a prominent advocate for Asian American representation in children's literature.
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Grace Lin is a Taiwanese-American author and illustrator of books for children, born on 17 May 1974 and raised in upstate New York; she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her novel “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (2009), inspired by Chinese folklore, received a Newbery Honor and opened a trilogy completed by “Starry River of the Sky” and “When the Sea Turned to Silver”. Her picture book “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” (2018) was a Caldecott Honor book, and the early readers Ling & Ting earned a Geisel Honor. She is a prominent advocate for Asian American representation in children's literature.
