Grace Lin┬аis an award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated several picture books about life in a Chinese American family (based on her own!):┬аDim Sum for Everyone!,┬аKite Flying,┬аFortune Cookie Fortunes,┬аand┬аThanking the Moon. And she was awarded a Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Her books for older readers include the Newbery Honor winner┬аWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon,┬аWhen the Sea Turned to Silver, Starry River of the Sky, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, and┬аLing & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!. Grace Lin grew up in upstate New York and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. ┬аShe now lives in Massachusetts.┬аTo learn more, visit gracelin.com.