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
Feel free to contact her at liantomato@gmail.com
For book related enquiries please contact Rebecca Sherman at rsherman@writershouse.com
BOOKS
2026・The Pizza Brothers
2026・Axolotl-Ella written by Kate Messner
2025・Don't Eat Eustace
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
2026・Axolotl-Ella written by Kate Messner
2025・Don't Eat Eustace
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
・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
SELECT CLIENTS
HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Chronicle Books, Abrams Books, The New Yorker, Amnesty International, Ginkgo Bioworks, Sesame Workshop.