Yong Chen

Yong Chen was born in Taishan, a town in the Guangdong Province of China, where he began drawing and painting at the age of four. He taught art in a high school before coming to the United States in 1989. He studied graphic design at Bunker Hill Community College and illustration at Massachusetts College of Art, where he now teaches. Among the books he has illustrated are Finding Joy by Marion Coste, Miz Fannie Mae's Fine New Easter Hat by Melissa Milich, Starfish Summer by Ona Gritz-Gilbert, and Swimming with Sharks by Twig C. George. He lives in Nashua, New Hampshire, with his wife, Amanda, and their children, Kai, Ellen, and Lily,

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