Born and raised in China, Yinfan Huang is a New York-based author and illustrator who creates joyful, whimsical work for children's books, magazines, brands and institutions worldwide. Some of her clients include the New Yorker, Flow magazine, Warby Parker and 3M Post-it Notes. Her love for children's books started at the age of seven when she created her first picture book dummy, about a lazy kitty who tries to grow fish from a tree. She came to the United States in 2011 by herself to pursue her passion for illustration and earn a quality education in her chosen field. After three memorable years in Minnesota, she moved to New York City to become a professional illustrator, where she is inspired deeply by the city and its people. She has since published several children's books and illustrated for children's and adult magazines in China, North America, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Her cartoons and comics have been published in the New Yorker in print and online since 2020. She has won prestigious awards from American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators and the World Illustration Awards. Yinfan lives in NYC with her two cats and two chinchillas.

Chapters read like slice-of-life vignettes ... to depict the many small, seemingly innocuous events that can shape a child's life.--Publishers Weekly

[An] invaluable ... snapshot of a lived experience ... Graphic memoirs are a fantastic way to capture the sense of an era and experience, and Huang does so masterfully, bringing 1990s China to life.--School Library Journal

Huang's perfectly curated, sensitive observations of her own varying, deeply felt experiences capture the shifting inner landscape of any child growing up between duty and daydreams.--Booklist, starred review

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Pub date: 2025-06-03

Length: 184 pages