Jimmy Liao
Jimmy Liao | |
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![]() Liao at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition | |
Born | Fubin Liao (廖福 15 November 1958 Yilan County, Taiwan |
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Turn Left, Turn Right Sound of Colors Starry Starry Night The Floating Landscape |
Spouse(s) | Peng Chienwen |
http://www.jimmyspa.com/ |
Jimmy Liao (Chinese: 廖福
Biography
[edit]After graduating from Chinese Culture University in which he majored in art, Jimmy worked in an advertising company for twelve years, and then he worked as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines.[1] Jimmy was a middle-aged man who had survived a battle with leukemia in 1995 and was determined to devote himself heart and soul to his art. In 1998 his picture books Secrets In The Forest (
Publications
[edit]- Beautiful Solitude
- Sound of Colors, translated by Sarah L. Thomson (Little, Brown and Company, 2006).
- Starry Starry Night
- The Floating Landscape
- The Rainbow of Time, translated by Wang Xinlin and Andrea Lingenfelter (Balestier Press, 2015) ISBN 978-0-9932154-3-8
- Turn Left, Turn Right
- When the Moon Forgot, translated to English in 2009 and published by Little, Brown and Company.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Miranda Yeung (April 3, 2008). "Taking a colourful look at life". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ Joyce Siu (March 25, 2008). "Solitary man". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ LEE WING-SZE (September 22, 2003). "Liao's book hits the stage". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ Jimmy Liao (1 April 2009). When the Moon Forgot. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-0-316-11390-8.
External links
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- Official website (in Chinese)
- Jimmy Liao at Facebook
- Jimmy Liao at IMDb