Sylvia Chen

Sylvia Chen is a Queens, New York-raised picture-book author. She has also lived and worked in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Paris, and Tokyo. A former science fair competitor, Juilliard Pre-College piano student, Townsend Harris High School alumna, and Columbia University statistics major, she previously worked in consumer and business market research. She writes picture books meant to spark kids' interest in STEAM and creative thinking. She is a member of SCBWI and 12x12, a #PBParty judge since 2022, a 2022 and 2023 #PBRisingStars mentor, and the creator of #PBStudyBuddy, which features picture book creators and mentor texts for fellow creators, teachers, and librarians. She received the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition Memorial Award in 1988 and 1990. Represented by Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary. Books: Tricky Chopsticks (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2024, illustrated by Fanny Liem) and Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story (Flamingo/Penguin Random House, 2025, illustrated by Thai My Phuong). Official site: <https://www.sylviaichen.com/>

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