Kelly Zhang

Kelly Zhang is a Chinese Canadian author and literary translator working bidirectionally between Chinese and English. She is passionate about promoting Sinophone literature through translation, with a special focus on children’s literature and works by contemporary women writers. Kelly is the co-editor of the WorldKidLit Blog. Her writing and translations have previously appeared in the New York Times for Kids, Words Without Borders, Sine Theta magazine, Read Paper Republic, Journey Planet, and Paddler Press. Her book-length translations include the picture book 《阿婆的空中菜园》Grandma's Roof Garden by TANG Wei (Levine Querido 2024) and young adult novel《倾斜的天空》Tilted Sky by YAO Emei (Levine Querido 2024). She also authored the English language picture book Take Me to Laolao (HarperCollins 2024).

 

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Winter is Coming by Wu Ang July 28, 2023

Book Publications

Tilted Sky cover

Tilted Sky

Yao Emei

June 11, 2024

Take Me to Laolao cover

Take Me to Laolao

February 29, 2024

Grandma's Rooftop Garden cover

Grandma's Rooftop Garden

Tang Wei

January 01, 2024

Original Works

Children's book (1)

All Translations

Short story (1)

Novel (1)

Children's book (1)

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