Gee-eun Lee Author & Illustrator

Gee-eun Lee is an award-winning Korean author/illustrator. She recently won the prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award in the comics category for her book, The Story of How the Korean Shaved Ice Dessert Was Born, and is also a top winner of the Korean Young Illustrator Award. She studied design and illustration in Korea and the UK. Her first picture book, Paper Dad, which she both wrote and illustrated, was made into a children’s musical in Korea. My GrandMom was the second book she both wrote and illustrated and is based on her own grandmother. She has also illustrated many picture books written by other authors.