Hyewon Yum

Hyewon Yum is an author and illustrator of many picture books, including Grandpa Across the Ocean and The Twins’ Blanket. Her book Saturday Is Swimming Day was named as a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor and Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator award. She also illustrated Ode to a Bad Day, Not Perfect, Luli and the Language of Tea, and many more. She was born and grew up in Seoul, Korea. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family. Visit hyewon-yum.squarespace.com.