Grace Lin

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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.

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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.

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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. ISBN 978-0670036233
• Olvina Flies, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2003. ISBN 978-0-8050-6711-8
• Robert's Snow, Penguin (New York, NY), 2004. ISBN 978-0670059119
• Jingle Bells, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004. ISBN 978-0316794947
• Fortune Cookie Fortunes, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 2004. ISBN 978-0440421924
• Deck the Halls, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004. ISBN 978-0316794930
• The Twelve Days of Christmas, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004. ISBN 978-0316794961
• Merry Christmas! Let's All Sing!, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2005. ISBN 9780316794909
• 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. ISBN 978-0316038638
• Starry River of the Sky, BOOK 2 2012. ISBN 978-0316125956
• When the Sea Turned to Silver, BOOK 3 Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2016. ISBN 978-0316125949

Ling & Ting series

• Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2010. ISBN 978-0316024532
• Ling & Ting Share a Birthday, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2013. ISBN 978-0316184045
• Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2014. ISBN 978-0316184021
• Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2015. ISBN 978-0316335492

Pacy series

• The Year of the Dog, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2006. ISBN 978-0316060028
• The Year of the Rat, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2007. ISBN 978-0-316-02928-5
• Dumpling Days, 2012. ISBN 978-0316125895

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References

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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

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