Suzy Lee

Suzy Lee (born January 1, 1974) is a children's book illustrator and author. She designed the poster for the 2013 US National Book Festival.^[1]

Wave, illustrated by Lee, won the New York Times’s Best Illustrated Book Award in 2008,^[2] and the Golden Medal from the Society of Illustrators.^[3]

Life

She was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1974.^[4]

She graduated in 1996 with a BFA in Painting from the Seoul National University, and earned an MA in Book Arts in 2001 from Camberwell College of Arts.^[5]

She has lived in Singapore and London, and currently lives and works in Seoul.^[6]

Run, Rudi!. Uwe Timm. Changbi. 1999.
The Naked Painters. Seung-Yeon Moon. Chondung Books. 2005. ISBN 978-89-90025-09-8.
Open the Door!. Jung-Sun Park. BIR Publishing Co. 2008. ISBN 978-89-491-5171-7.
Shadow is My Friend. Jung-Sun Park. Chondung Books. 2008. ISBN 978-89-90025-59-3.
Open This Little Book. Jesse Klausmeier. Chronicle Books. 1 January 2013. ISBN 978-0811867832.
Ask Me. Bernard Waber. HMH Books for Young Readers. 14 July 2015. ISBN 978-0547733944.

2014, Best Books of the Year for Children and YA., Bank Street College of Education Book Committee, for Open This Little Book

2013, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Picture Book Honor Winner), U.S.A., for Open This Little Book

2010, Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2010 by The New York Times, U.S.A., for Shadow

2010, Prêmio FNLIJ Luis Jardim - O Melhor Livro de Imagem by FNLIJ (Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil), Brazil, for Shadow

2008, Premio Albumilustrado by Gremio de Librerios de Madrid (Asociación de Empresarios del Comercio del Libro de Madrid), Spain, for Wave

2008, Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008 by The New York Times, U.S.A., for Wave

2008, Gold Medal for Original Art by the Society of Illustrators, U.S.A., for Wave

2008, Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English, U.S.A., for The Zoo

2003, The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2003 by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland, for La revanche des lapins

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