Cátia Chien is a visual artist and storyteller. Her beloved picture books have won numerous awards including a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators for The Sea Serpent and Me and the ALA Schneider Family Book Award for A Boy and a Jaguar, written by Dr. Alan Rabinowitz. Her art has been shown in galleries worldwide including the Beijing National Gallery and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair exhibition. She was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil to Taiwanese parents and now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
