Andrea Wang

Andrea Wang is an award-winning children’s book author whose work draws on her experiences as the child of Chinese immigrants growing up in the American Midwest. Her picture book Watercress, illustrated by Jason Chin, won the Caldecott Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and numerous other honors. She is also the author of The Nian Monster and Magic Ramen, among other titles. Wang writes with warmth and precision about identity, family memory, and the emotional textures of immigrant life.