Meet the author

X. Fang.

Writer & illustrator · United States

X. Fang: Chinese-American picture-book maker behind Dim Sum Palace and Broken — painterly, retro East-Asian-flavoured picture books with quiet emotional precision, for ages 4–8.

X. Fang is a Chinese-American author-illustrator best known for Dim Sum Palace (2023) and Broken, picture books with a distinctive painterly, slightly retro East-Asian-illustration-flavoured visual style and quietly emotionally specific stories. Dim Sum Palace pulls on Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen energy with a Chinese dim sum dreamscape; Broken handles emotional weight with a similar light hand. Fang is a strong emerging contemporary picture-book maker for the literary / gift-shelf market, with appeal for ages 4–8 and adult co-readers who value visual craft and cultural specificity.