Susan Yoon was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in Toronto where she continues to live. She enjoys writing for children and doodling.
Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)
Gwendolyn and the Light
Pictures by Audrey Helen Webber.
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
All alone in her nocturnal world, Gwendolyn longs for a friend. “What’s it like?” she asks the moon and the trees, and they describe a friendship as bright as all the stars, and as warm as a summer breeze. So when a warm bright light appears—and disappears—in Gwendolyn’s forest one evening, she wonders if this is the friend she’s been looking for. Gwendolyn goes in search of the light across the sea, but out there she meets a little bird who seems determined to join her on her journey. What does the bird want? And will Gwendolyn find the light?
Lyrically told and lushly illustrated, this picture book explores the hope and excitement of finding a new friend, sometimes in the places you least expect.
Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)
Waiting for Tomorrow
Pictures by Julie Kwon.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023.
forthcoming Oct. 2023
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Appa is coming home tomorrow after a long time away, and sisters Haejin and Hanna want to make something very special to greet his return. They spend the day preparing their favorite treat—hotteok, a brown-sugar-filled Korean pancake. But when their batter is ruined, how will they make something special for tomorrow?
Links
Susan Yoon personal website
Publisher Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publisher Macmillan Children’s, publisher of FSG Books for Young Readers