Grace Lin

Grace Lin (born May 17, 1974) is an American children's writer and illustrator.^[1]

Lin's parents were Taiwanese immigrants to the United States^[2] and Lin grew up in New York. She later graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. She currently resides in Somerville, Massachusetts^[1][3] and has a daughter born in May 2012.

Awards

Her book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon was a recipient of a 2010 Newbery Honor Book mention.^[4] She also received an Honorable Mention for Year of the Dog in 2007 from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. Year of the Dog was nominated for a 2007-2008 Texas Bluebonnet Award.^[5]

Works

• The Ugly Vegetables, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 1999. ISBN 978-0-88106-336-3
• Dim Sum for Everyone!, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2001. ISBN 978-0-375-91082-1
• Kite Flying, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2002. ISBN 978-0-375-81520-1
• Okie-dokie, Artichokie!, Viking (New York, NY), 2003.
• Olvina Flies, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2003. ISBN 978-0-8050-6711-8
• Robert's Snow, Penguin (New York, NY), 2004.
• Jingle Bells, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004.
• Fortune Cookie Fortunes, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2004.
• Deck the Halls, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004.
• The Twelve Days of Christmas, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004.
• Merry Christmas! Let's All Sing!, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2005.
• Our Seasons, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2006. ISBN 978-1-57091-360-0
• Olvina Swims, Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8050-7661-5
• The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale, Albert Whitman and Company, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8075-6922-1
• Bringing in the New Year, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, ISBN 978-0-375-83745-6
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009, ISBN 978-0-316-03863-8
• Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2010.
• Starry River of the Sky (companion novel to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), 2012.
• Ling & Ting Share a Birthday, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2013.

Year of the Animal series

• The Year of the Dog, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2006.
• The Year of the Rat, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2007, ISBN 978-0-316-02928-5
• Dumpling Days, 2012.

References

External links

• Official website
• Blog
• Grace Lin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• "Interview with author/illustrator Grace Lin", Paper Tigers, Aline Pereira
• "Q & A with Grace Lin", Publishers Weekly, Julie Yates Walton, July 8, 2010
• Grace Lin at Library of Congress Authorities, with 39 catalog records