{{short description|Brazilian children's book illustrator}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Catia Chien | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different than name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil | residence = | education = | alma_mater = Art Center College of Design | known_for = Illustrator | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|http://www.catiachien.com}} | module = }} '''Catia Chien''' ({{lang-zh|t=簡嘉慧|p=Jiǎn Jiāhuì}}) is a children's book illustrator from São Paulo, Brazil. She is currently working in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catiachien.com/about/|title=Contact|website=*|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> She graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/150814.Catia_Chien|title=Catia Chien|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>
She has produced work for several publishing companies, including Random House, Penguin Books and Candlewick Press. She has won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in New York for her work in ''The Bear and The Moon'' and she has also won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles for her work in ''Sea Serpent and Me'', written by Dashka Slater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.societyillustrators.org/programs/original-art-2017-jury|title=The Original Art 2017 Jury {{!}} Society of Illustrators|website=www.societyillustrators.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> Chien has also received a Schneider Family Book Award for her ALA notable book, ''A Boy and a Jaguar'', written by Alan Rabinowitz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/1/all_years|title=Schneider Family Book Award {{!}} Awards & Grants|website=www.ala.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>
Chien also works in visual development for animation. She has worked on films such as ''The Little Prince'' and ''Wish Dragon''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catiachien.com/film/#|title=FILM|website=*|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>
== Books == * ''A Lotus for You'', written by Minh Le, Parallax, 2025 ({{ISBN|1952692288}}) * ''Fireworks'', written by Matthew Burgess, Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Books, 2025 ({{ISBN|978-0063216723}}) * ''All The Beating Hearts'', written by Julie Fogliano, Neal Porter Books, 2023 ({{ISBN|9780823455201}}) * ''On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide'', written by Joanna Ho, Scholastic, 2023 ({{ISBN|9781338715941}}) * ''The Longest Letsgoboy'', written by Derek Wilder, Chronicle Books, 2021 ({{ISBN|9781452177168}}) * ''The Bear and the Moon'', written by Matthew Burgess, Chronicle Books, 2020 ({{ISBN|9781452171913}}) * ''The Town of Turtle'', written by Michelle Cuevas, HMH Books for Young Readers, 2018 ({{ISBN|978-0544749825}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Town of Turtle|last=Michelle|first=Cuevas|others=Chien, Catia|isbn=9780544749825|location=Boston|oclc=963797847}}</ref>) * ''Things to Do'', written by Elaine Magliaro, Chronicle Books, 2017 ({{ISBN|978-1452111247}}) * ''A Boy and a Jaguar'', written by Alan Rabinowitz, HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014 ({{ISBN|978-0547875071}}) * ''My Blue is Happy'', written by Jessica Young, Candlewick, 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0763651251}}) * ''The Sea Serpent and Me'', written by Dashka Slater, HMH Books for Young Readers, 2008 ({{ISBN|978-0618723942}}) * ''Princess Alyss of Wonderland'', written by Frank Beddor, Dial, 2007 ({{ISBN|978-0803732513}}) * ''Flight, Volume One'', edited by Kazu Kibuishi and Catia Chien, Image Comics and Ballantine Books, 2007 ({{ISBN|978-0345496362}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Flight. Volume one|others=Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-|isbn=9780345496362|edition=Villard books trade paperback|location=New York|oclc=123170550}}</ref>)
== References == {{Portal|Children's literature}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/brief/213408/catia-chien Catia Chien "Brief But Spectacular" video] from PBS
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