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OccupationAuthor, Illustrator RoleWriter NameGrace Lin
EthnicityTaiwanese NationalityAmerican
Alma materRhode Island School of Design Notable awardsNewbery Honor Book mention (2010) EducationRhode Island School of Design AwardsJohn Newbery Medal, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature NominationsAstrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's BooksWhere the Mountain Meets the, The year of the dog, The ugly vegetables, Dim sum for everyone!, Bringing in the New Year
Grace lin 2013 national book festival
Grace Lin (born May 17, 1974) is an American children's writer and illustrator.
Lin's parents were Taiwanese immigrants to the United States and Lin grew up in upstate New York. She later graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. She currently resides in Somerville, Massachusetts and has a daughter born in May 2012.
Meet the author grace lin
Awards
Her book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon was a recipient of a 2010 Newbery Honor Book mention. She also received an Honorable Mention for The Year of the Dog in 2007 from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The Year of the Dog was nominated for a 2007–2008 Texas Bluebonnet Award.
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
Children's Fairytales series
These books are all in the same series, "Where The Mountain Meets the Moon":
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, BOOK 1 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009,
Starry River of the Sky, BOOK 2 2012.
When the Sea Turned to Silver, BOOK 3 Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2016.
Ling & Ting series
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2010.
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2013.
Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2014.
Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2015.
Pacy 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
