Biography
Mượn Thị Văn loves to read books of all shapes and sizes. First, she read yellow-spined hardbacks about a certain girl detective before graduating to longer novels. Then, she read picture books. (It’s true, she doesn’t remember reading picture books as a young child!) So few books reflected her formative experiences, though, that she desired to bring new and different stories into the world.|From her New York Times acclaimed debut, In a Village by the Sea, illustrated by April Chu, Mượn’s books have received many distinctions, including a Northern California Book Award, a Golden Kite Award, a New York Public Library Best Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and an Irma Black Award.|When she’s not writing, Mượn likes to wander among the stout redwoods and spindly eucalyptuses of northern California with her family.
Awards
Picture Books
The Shape of You, 2023
One Is a Lot (Except When It’s Not), 2019
If You Were Night, 2020