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Grace Lin [1974-0] American
Rank: 105
Writer


Grace Lin is an American children's writer and illustrator.
Lin's parents were Taiwanese immigrants to the United States and Lin grew up in New York City. 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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The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really rewarding to think that they can grow up reading my books at all the different levels.
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When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was before Mulan, so I was very upset about all the Cinderellas. I always tried to imagine that maybe Snow White was Chinese since she had black hair.
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I've always wanted to write an early reader. When I wrote my first novel, my goal was to make it an early reader, but it grew beyond the category.
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When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels.
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