Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator of comics and children’s books, including her graphic memoir Uprooted, which has earned a Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, an SCBWI Golden Kite Award and Honor, and named Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Kirkus, PW and SLJ. Prior to illustrating full time, she spent her teens in Hong Kong and China and a decade working with youth and families in underserved communities. She is a proud Canadian who now lives and works in NYC.