Maisie Chan

Maisie Chan is children's author whose debut novel DANNY CHUNG DOES NOT DO MATHS (a.k.a. Danny Chung Sums It Up in the U.S. published by Abrams Kids) won the Jhalak Prize and the Branford Boase Award in 2022. It was also shortlisted for the BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS and DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022.

Her latest novel KEEP DANCING, LIZZIE CHU is out now with Piccadilly Press (out with Abrams Kids in the U.S.) and she has a story in the bestselling THE VERY MERRY MURDER CLUB anthology (Farshore).

She also writes the series TIGER WARRIOR. She has written early readers for Hachette and Big Cat Collins, and has a collection of myths and legends out with Scholastic. She runs the Bubble Tea Writers Network to support and encourage writers of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) descent in the U.K. She has a dog called Miko who has big eyes. She lives in Glasgow with her family.