Pearl AuYeung is the absolutely delightful author and illustrator of the 2022 children’s picture book The Best Kind of Mooncake (Page Street Kids).  Based in Los Angeles, born in Hong Kong, and raised in Shanghai, China, Pearl works as a Mattel Toy Designer. She is the illustrator of the upcoming children’s picture book Nearly Almost Exactly Like Me (Simon and Schuster, 2025). 

Books recommended by Pearl AuYeung:
Babel by R F Kuang
These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh

Recommended by VW bookseller, Akosa:
shima by sho yamagushiku

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