Guojing
Guojing | |
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| A close-up of a young Chinese woman wearing a black jacket, a straw hat and round glasses smiling and giving a "thumbs up" to the camera Guojing in September 2016, during the Berlin International Literature Festival in Berlin, Germany | |
| Occupation | Artist, children's book author |
| Notable works | The Only Child Stormy The Flamingo |
| Website | |
| www | |
Guojing is a Chinese author and illustrator best known for her children's books. Her debut book The Only Child, a wordless graphic novel,[1] was selected as one of the best illustrated children's books of 2015 by The New York Times[2] and as one of the 10 best picture books of 2015 by Publishers Weekly.[3]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Guojing was born in Shanxi, a province in northern China. She became interested in making art thanks to an art class she took when she was ten years old.[4] She has stated that the isolation and loneliness that she felt as she was growing up under China's one-child policy later provided inspiration for her debut book, The Only Child.[5][6]
She attended Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[7] She has previously worked as a concept artist for animated TV shows and games, but the publication and success of The Only Child allowed her to move to working full time on her own work.[4] She followed the publication of that book with two more books for children, Stormy in 2019 and The Flamingo in 2022.[8][9] Guojing has stated that The Flamingo, a nearly wordless graphic novel for children, was inspired in part by her experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the death of her grandmother and the birth of her first child.[10] She now lives in Vancouver, Canada and has stated that she is working on a science fiction graphic novel about artificial intelligence.[11]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- The Only Child (2015)[1]
- Stormy: A Story About Finding a Forever Home (2019)[8]
- The Flamingo (2022)[9]
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