Grace Lin
@authorgracelin.bsky.social
Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Happy Halloween! This year our pumpkin was chicken approved and we were nostalgic for the time I made candy corn on the cob.
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy Halloween! This year our pumpkin was chicken approved and we were nostalgic for the time I made candy corn on the cob.
Ta-dah! Received my author copy of the new Ling and Ting book! If you preorder a copy from the @carlemuseum.bsky.social , you’ll get a FREE virtual visit with me! Learn about Lunar New Year and draw a horse for the Year of the Horse!
Preorder here:
carlemuseum.org/visit/events...?
Preorder here:
carlemuseum.org/visit/events...?
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ta-dah! Received my author copy of the new Ling and Ting book! If you preorder a copy from the @carlemuseum.bsky.social , you’ll get a FREE virtual visit with me! Learn about Lunar New Year and draw a horse for the Year of the Horse!
Preorder here:
carlemuseum.org/visit/events...?
Preorder here:
carlemuseum.org/visit/events...?
WE DID IT!! We made our fundraising goal! YAY! Thank you to everyone who donated to support the Asian American Voices Collective at The Highlights Foundation Debbi and I are SO grateful l for your support! THANK YOU
(And if you would still like to donate, you can 💜)
(And if you would still like to donate, you can 💜)
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
WE DID IT!! We made our fundraising goal! YAY! Thank you to everyone who donated to support the Asian American Voices Collective at The Highlights Foundation Debbi and I are SO grateful l for your support! THANK YOU
(And if you would still like to donate, you can 💜)
(And if you would still like to donate, you can 💜)
My friends we are 83% to our fundraising goal! Can you help us get to the finish line? If we get there, our $5K turns into $15k (thanks to corporate matching) and we won’t have to ask you for money again for a long time!
Please support AAV @highlightsfound.bsky.social !
gofund.me/8a4a60441
Please support AAV @highlightsfound.bsky.social !
gofund.me/8a4a60441
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My friends we are 83% to our fundraising goal! Can you help us get to the finish line? If we get there, our $5K turns into $15k (thanks to corporate matching) and we won’t have to ask you for money again for a long time!
Please support AAV @highlightsfound.bsky.social !
gofund.me/8a4a60441
Please support AAV @highlightsfound.bsky.social !
gofund.me/8a4a60441
And that’s the 3rd #veryAsianbooktrip!
Many thanks to all the bookstores that had us (please shop there)! Maybe we’ll see you next year?🤞🤞🤞
Many thanks to all the bookstores that had us (please shop there)! Maybe we’ll see you next year?🤞🤞🤞
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
And that’s the 3rd #veryAsianbooktrip!
Many thanks to all the bookstores that had us (please shop there)! Maybe we’ll see you next year?🤞🤞🤞
Many thanks to all the bookstores that had us (please shop there)! Maybe we’ll see you next year?🤞🤞🤞
The #veryasianbooktrip had a quick stop @possiblefuturesbooks before we ended. In honor of our AAV fundraiser for highlights (pls donate!) we asked (almost) every store to tell us about one of their favorite Asian American book. Lauren chose one of mine🥰. Such a sweet way to end the trip! 💜💜💜
October 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The #veryasianbooktrip had a quick stop @possiblefuturesbooks before we ended. In honor of our AAV fundraiser for highlights (pls donate!) we asked (almost) every store to tell us about one of their favorite Asian American book. Lauren chose one of mine🥰. Such a sweet way to end the trip! 💜💜💜
So the last day of #veryasianbooktrip was a Very Asian Disaster! Sadly, this might mean the end of our future #veryasianbooktrip 😢. Cross your fingers we can find the courage to continue🚗! But it was great fun and thank you to all the bookstores who had us!
October 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
So the last day of #veryasianbooktrip was a Very Asian Disaster! Sadly, this might mean the end of our future #veryasianbooktrip 😢. Cross your fingers we can find the courage to continue🚗! But it was great fun and thank you to all the bookstores who had us!
We are actually in the middle of a Very Asian Disaster but we filmed this before it happened…stay tuned! In the meantime, thank you @riverbendbookshop , @curiouscatbookshop , @oblongbooks and @thetreehousereading for having us yesterday.
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are actually in the middle of a Very Asian Disaster but we filmed this before it happened…stay tuned! In the meantime, thank you @riverbendbookshop , @curiouscatbookshop , @oblongbooks and @thetreehousereading for having us yesterday.
September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Friends! The @carlemuseum has Big Mooncake scarves and Chinese Menu dish towels for sale!!! I am very excited!!!! Hope you are, too:
shop.carlemuseum.org/product/grac...
shop.carlemuseum.org/product/grac...
September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Friends! The @carlemuseum has Big Mooncake scarves and Chinese Menu dish towels for sale!!! I am very excited!!!! Hope you are, too:
shop.carlemuseum.org/product/grac...
shop.carlemuseum.org/product/grac...
I’ve joined @msthombookitis.bsky.social to create @thebookishstate.bsky.social where we highlight CT Nutmeg Award books & have a live webinar with the authors!
This month features Leslie Connor and @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social !
Sign up for their webinar now:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This month features Leslie Connor and @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social !
Sign up for their webinar now:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’ve joined @msthombookitis.bsky.social to create @thebookishstate.bsky.social where we highlight CT Nutmeg Award books & have a live webinar with the authors!
This month features Leslie Connor and @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social !
Sign up for their webinar now:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This month features Leslie Connor and @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social !
Sign up for their webinar now:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
For me, many of the Chinese legends ended w/heartbreak—and I didn’t like it! Many of my books are about giving a new ending to these stories. For example, the legend of a Bell where a trapped spirit of a girl begs for her shoe. In my book, the spirit finally gets her shoe…and is freed.
September 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
For me, many of the Chinese legends ended w/heartbreak—and I didn’t like it! Many of my books are about giving a new ending to these stories. For example, the legend of a Bell where a trapped spirit of a girl begs for her shoe. In my book, the spirit finally gets her shoe…and is freed.
Today is the Double Seventh Festival or what I was taught (in the 80’s) to call “Chinese Valentine’s Day”! When I made this video a couple years back, saying the proper festival name hadn’t occurred to me😬. But I still think this is worth sharing because I think we all need to celebrate love. 💜
August 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today is the Double Seventh Festival or what I was taught (in the 80’s) to call “Chinese Valentine’s Day”! When I made this video a couple years back, saying the proper festival name hadn’t occurred to me😬. But I still think this is worth sharing because I think we all need to celebrate love. 💜
When it was first published, it was thought putting an Asian face on the cover would turn off readers so I conceived of making it look like a Chinese red envelope with gold foil-was so happy about it! Over the years, the cover has lost its foil but gained an Asian face so I don’t feel any loss.
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
When it was first published, it was thought putting an Asian face on the cover would turn off readers so I conceived of making it look like a Chinese red envelope with gold foil-was so happy about it! Over the years, the cover has lost its foil but gained an Asian face so I don’t feel any loss.
To my great surprise, “Year of the Dog” hit the USA Today’s bestseller list at 130 a couple weeks back. This was my very first novel, published back in 2006(?). While it did receive a starred review, it didn’t do much else. It has never made any bestseller list…until now, almost 20 years later.
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
To my great surprise, “Year of the Dog” hit the USA Today’s bestseller list at 130 a couple weeks back. This was my very first novel, published back in 2006(?). While it did receive a starred review, it didn’t do much else. It has never made any bestseller list…until now, almost 20 years later.
Behold our new Little Free Library!
August 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Behold our new Little Free Library!
for the fall, I’m collab w/my local indie to offer deluxe bk gift boxes! We’re planning the boxes to include an autographed book, enamel pin, sticker, a handmade candle & a print. But not sure which image to make a print of….The Old City Gate or The Dragon at the beach? Let me know what you think!
July 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
for the fall, I’m collab w/my local indie to offer deluxe bk gift boxes! We’re planning the boxes to include an autographed book, enamel pin, sticker, a handmade candle & a print. But not sure which image to make a print of….The Old City Gate or The Dragon at the beach? Let me know what you think!
A lovely librarian gave this to me at ALA! Isn’t it amazing? I’m trying to decide if I should paint it or leave it grey. Regardless, it captures the book perfectly!😍
Speaking of, I just signed a bunch more books @high_five_books ;so if you want an autographed copy 😁:
bit.ly/H5_GGD
Thank you!
Speaking of, I just signed a bunch more books @high_five_books ;so if you want an autographed copy 😁:
bit.ly/H5_GGD
Thank you!
July 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A lovely librarian gave this to me at ALA! Isn’t it amazing? I’m trying to decide if I should paint it or leave it grey. Regardless, it captures the book perfectly!😍
Speaking of, I just signed a bunch more books @high_five_books ;so if you want an autographed copy 😁:
bit.ly/H5_GGD
Thank you!
Speaking of, I just signed a bunch more books @high_five_books ;so if you want an autographed copy 😁:
bit.ly/H5_GGD
Thank you!
Behind-my-art video from @carlemuseum.bsky.social ! Come visit the Carle!
🖼 “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place”, on view through January 4, 2026
🖼 “Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpaper”s, on view through November 9, 2025
🖼 “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place”, on view through January 4, 2026
🖼 “Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpaper”s, on view through November 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Behind-my-art video from @carlemuseum.bsky.social ! Come visit the Carle!
🖼 “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place”, on view through January 4, 2026
🖼 “Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpaper”s, on view through November 9, 2025
🖼 “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place”, on view through January 4, 2026
🖼 “Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpaper”s, on view through November 9, 2025
Reading this bk on the plane to #ALAAC25 and it is SO charming. @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social & I love classics but she knows how to capture the essence of them & make it relevant to today’s readers. 🙌👏
comes out in Aug but you can preorder an Autographed 🤩 copy:
highfivebooks.org/collections/...
comes out in Aug but you can preorder an Autographed 🤩 copy:
highfivebooks.org/collections/...
June 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reading this bk on the plane to #ALAAC25 and it is SO charming. @jeannebirdsall.bsky.social & I love classics but she knows how to capture the essence of them & make it relevant to today’s readers. 🙌👏
comes out in Aug but you can preorder an Autographed 🤩 copy:
highfivebooks.org/collections/...
comes out in Aug but you can preorder an Autographed 🤩 copy:
highfivebooks.org/collections/...
At an event this past weekend, a reader gave me a book she made about ME. It was definitely fiction but she did get some things right….
June 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
At an event this past weekend, a reader gave me a book she made about ME. It was definitely fiction but she did get some things right….
Booksellers!!
Me and @debbi_michiko_florence will be on the rd Oct 5-12 for our 3rd Very Asian Book Trip! We will be stopping by stores for stock signings- hopefully yours? 🤞
If you’d like your store to be considered, pls fill out the form! Readers, let your indie know:
bit.ly/signupVABT2025
Me and @debbi_michiko_florence will be on the rd Oct 5-12 for our 3rd Very Asian Book Trip! We will be stopping by stores for stock signings- hopefully yours? 🤞
If you’d like your store to be considered, pls fill out the form! Readers, let your indie know:
bit.ly/signupVABT2025
June 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Booksellers!!
Me and @debbi_michiko_florence will be on the rd Oct 5-12 for our 3rd Very Asian Book Trip! We will be stopping by stores for stock signings- hopefully yours? 🤞
If you’d like your store to be considered, pls fill out the form! Readers, let your indie know:
bit.ly/signupVABT2025
Me and @debbi_michiko_florence will be on the rd Oct 5-12 for our 3rd Very Asian Book Trip! We will be stopping by stores for stock signings- hopefully yours? 🤞
If you’d like your store to be considered, pls fill out the form! Readers, let your indie know:
bit.ly/signupVABT2025
I guess I can have my books say “by Dr. Grace Lin” now.😁
June 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I guess I can have my books say “by Dr. Grace Lin” now.😁
Apologies if this is braggy (pls scroll by if it’s annoying) but “The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon” has made the Times AND the Indie list for 3 weeks in a row!🤩 This is longest any of my bks have been on the list! 1/3
May 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Apologies if this is braggy (pls scroll by if it’s annoying) but “The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon” has made the Times AND the Indie list for 3 weeks in a row!🤩 This is longest any of my bks have been on the list! 1/3
I made a little video using the photos I took from my Boston Chinatown trip! I may have gotten a little overzealous with the zoom feature but it was fun! I hope people are enjoying the book, if you are—please spread the word! I’d love for the book to reach as many readers as possible.💜🫶🙏
May 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I made a little video using the photos I took from my Boston Chinatown trip! I may have gotten a little overzealous with the zoom feature but it was fun! I hope people are enjoying the book, if you are—please spread the word! I’d love for the book to reach as many readers as possible.💜🫶🙏