Powhatan School Welcomes Guest Author: Ruth Chan

 
 
Powhatan School welcomed author and illustrator, Ruth Chan, who visited Powhatan on Thursday, January 15th. Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator of comics and children’s books, including her graphic memoir Uprooted, which has earned a Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, an SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel for Older Readers, and a NPR Best Book of 2024. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, Cup of Jo, and with publishers HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Disney-Hyperion, and Abrams. Prior to illustrating full time, she spent her teens in China and a decade working with youth and families in underserved communities. She is a proud Canadian and lives and works in NYC with her husband, daughter, and dog, Leroy.