Catia Chien - Brazil

Catia Chien was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil surrounded by eccentric animals and tropical fruits.

She graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, with honors in 2004.

Today, she is happily working as a full time illustrator in NYC at an art studio with a view of the East River and an old pencil factory.

Her clients include, Chronicle Books, Ogilvy & Mather, Random House, Candlewick, Panda Press, Penguin and Houghton Mifflin.

Her children's book titles include A Boy and a Jaguar, an ALA notable book and winner of the Schneider Family Book award.

Sydney Taylor gold award book The Longest Night and Sea Serpent and Me, which won a gold medal at the Society of Illustrators LA. She is an advocate of literacy rights and in 2012 traveled to Sri Lanka with Room to Read to teach narrative story telling workshops.