Alan Woo

Alan Woo is a Canadian writer, who won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2013 for his debut book ''Maggie's Chopsticks''. His second children's book ''David Jumps In'' was released by Kids Can Press in March 2020. He has also published poetry and short stories in ''Ricepaper'', ''Quills'' and ''Plenitude''.

Born in England to Chinese immigrant parents, Woo moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia in childhood. He is openly gay. Provided by Wikipedia