Meet the author

Suzy Lee.

Writer & illustrator · South Korea · b. 1974

Suzy Lee: Hans-Christian-Andersen-winning Korean picture-book maker behind Wave, Shadow and Lines — almost-wordless, virtuosic, conceptually playful picture books for ages 3–8 and adult co-readers.

Suzy Lee is a Korean author-illustrator born in 1974, one of the most acclaimed contemporary picture-book makers internationally. Best known for her almost-wordless picture books, Wave, Shadow, Lines, Mirror, Open This Little Book, that explore the physical boundary of the open book itself (the gutter, the centre fold, the doubled spread). Lee won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in 2022. Her style is monochromatic, virtuosic, conceptually playful, in the literary-picture-book tradition alongside David Wiesner and Shaun Tan. A core canonical-contemporary picture-book maker for ages 3–8 and adult co-readers who value visual storytelling.