ABOUT
Lian Cho is an award winning Taiwanese author and illustrator based in Brooklyn. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2019, she has worked with clients such as HarperCollins, Penguin RandomHouse, Chronicle Books and Abrams Books. Her author/illustrator books include Oh, Olive! and Pig Town Party. She has also illustrated other picture books such as 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli, Oh No, The Aunts are Here, and It Began with Lemonade. Lian loves to find ways to make readers laugh until their stomachs hurt. In her spare time, she likes to make funny comics about her life and rewatch terrible tv shows.

Feel free to contact her at liantomato@gmail.com
For book related enquiries please contact Rebecca Sherman at rsherman@writershouse.com

SELECT CLIENTS
HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Chronicle Books, Abrams Books, The New Yorker, Amnesty International, Ginkgo Bioworks, Sesame Workshop.

BOOKS
2024・Pig Town Party
2024・Dare to Be Daring written by Chelsea Lin Wallace
2023・Oh, Olive! 
2023・Oh No, the Aunts Are Here written by Adam Rex
2023・100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli written by David LaRochelle
2021・A Hundred Thousand Welcomes written by Mary Lee Donovan
2021・It Began with Lemonade written by Gideon Sterer
2020・The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom written by Colleen AF Venable
2019・Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
RECOGNITION / LISTS
・Society of Illustrators Original Art Silver Medal 
・CBC Favorites Award (Childrens, Teachers and Librarians) 2024
・Mathical Book Prize Honor 2023
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2020
Kirkus Best Books of 2023 
・Read Aloud Indiana Award 2023
Smithsonian Museum Best Children's Books of 2023 
Society of Illustrators Original Art 2020, 2021, 2023
Grand Champion of Brooklyn Book Festival Illustrator Draw-Off 2023
PureWow Kids Award 2023
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