Grace Lin's Blog, page 148

A little late today--spent most of the evening carving this! More later...

Thanks so much for your congrats and nice thoughts about my book being picked for the Today Show Kid's Book Club! I really appreciate it and am truly grateful that so many people wish me well. THANK YOU!

I am scheduled to be on the Today Show on December 4th! That should give me some time to figure out what I want to wear...

I am THRILLED to announce that Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is the December selection for Al Roker's Kids Book Club on the TODAY SHOW!!!!

"A fool judges people by the presents they give him. "
-Chinese Proverb

So, I had always thought being an author and illustrator meant you would write and draw all day long and all the time. It isn't. Not that I am complaining. But it's surprising how much time I spend NOT doing those things.

I spend a lot of time at book signings(like this one I just had at the Blue Bunny):

making media appearances:

becoming an HONORARY GUY:

Or letting celebrity chef Ming Tsai cook for me:

Yes, yes, it's hard to pull away from the art. But I manage.

(please note that I FINALLY got t...

Please note that I have updated my event calendar! I'm going to be at the Boston Book Festival as well Vermont and Maine. Come out and see me, New Englanders!

Also it's time for small graces again!

This painting is on sale NOW!

(By the way: This painting, for some reason, did not translate well online. I don't like to have "favorites" but I, personally, really like this one and want to impress upon you that this looks much nicer in real life! The purple is more reddish with many pattern detail o...

Work continues on "Thanking the Moon."

"A book tightly shut is but a block of paper."
-Chinese Proverb

I hope to see some of you this Saturday at my booksigning at the Blue Bunny (isn't that the greatest name for a bookstore?). I'll be reading and doing a "dog-draw-along!" Don't miss the fun!

Saturday, Oct. 17th, 1:30 pm
The Blue Bunny
577 High Street
Dedham Square
Dedham, MA 02026
www.dedhambluebunny.com
local but can't make it? Reserve an autographed copy and pick it up later! Call:781-493-6568

One of the greatest, unplanned consequences of my expansion from picturebooks to novels has been that my books have kept pace with my readership. Once, a woman said to me, "My kids have grown up with your books," and it struck me as perhaps the best moment in my career.

Because it is, actually, true. Children that I signed picturebooks who now find them too young are now reading my novels, as if I made them specifically FOR them. And who is to say that I did not? Maybe the creative muse someti...