Award-winning children's book writer Wenjun Qin was born in Shanghai?in 1954.?In 2009, she became?the first Chinese writer to be shortlisted for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. In 2002, she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Yinzhi Qin?graduated from the Department of Chinese Traditional Painting, College of Fine Arts,?Shanghai University. She?is an?art?director?at a Chinese publishing house and winner of?the China National Illustration Award, Bing Xin?Children's Book Award,?and the Award for the Most Beautiful Book in China.
