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Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator
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📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE

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Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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If you're interested in following along with my progress, I have a free newsletter where I post behind-the-scenes looks at the process of making a ~300 page graphic novel! substack.com/@michellejin...

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Kidlit Author-Illustrator for Picture Books and Comics!

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October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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Thank you so much Kelly!!! 💜💜💜

October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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Thank you to the best agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social , my AD Jeanette Levy, and my editors Megan Abbate and Alex Borbolla at @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social for believing in this story from the start and giving my stories a home 🥹

October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM

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Andrea Brown Literary Agency

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Emery is Not a Dragon @michellejingchan.bsky.social

Who Saved the Holidays @kalyquarles.bsky.social

Mira Mira: Shapes and Mira Mira: Colors @lourdesheuer.com

That Which Feeds Us @kealakendall.bsky.social

Emery is Not a Dragon
Megan Abbate at Bloomsbury has bought world rights to Emery Is Not a Dragon by Michelle Jing Chan (Weiwei's Winter Solstice; Somewhere in the Gray). In this picture book, Emery attends dance class and must choose to perform as the strong, brave dragon or the graceful, beautiful phoenix. Wrestling with the decision, they discover they are both dragon and phoenix, and they don't need to choose just one to shine. Publication is slated for winter 2028; Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the deal.

Who Saved the Holidays
Erika DiPasquale at HarperCollins has acquired world rights to the Who Saved the Holidays picture book series by debut author Jen Anyong (l.), illustrated by Kaly Quarles. Publication is slated for summer 2026 and fall 2027 respectively; Morgan Hughes at Fine Print Literary represented the author, and Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the illustrator.

Mira Mira: Shapes and Mira Mira: Colors
Dorielys Cruz at Little Simon has acquired world rights to Mira Mira: Shapes and Mira Mira: Colors by Lourdes Heuer (l.), illustrated by Juliana Perdomo, two bilingual English-Spanish board books that introduce young readers to basic shapes and the colors of the rainbow. Publication is set for summer 2026; Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author, and Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio represented the illustrator.

That Which Feeds Us
Tiffany Liao at Random House has acquired, in a five-house auction, That Which Feeds Us, a Hawaiian gothic YA novel by debut hapa Native Hawaiian author Keala Kendall, pitched as Mexican Gothic meets She Is a Haunting. It follows a teen girl whose search for her missing twin leads her to an ultra-exclusive remote island resort where she uncovers the sinister side of paradise with horrors both real and supernatural. Publication is set for summer 2026; Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency did t

September 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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Ty so much!!! 💜

September 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈

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Open to all ages, and all events are free except the Portland Book Festival. Hope to see you there!

WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE is out Oct 7 from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social and available for preorder! www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...