Leo's Lunar New Year

LARISSA FAN is a filmmaker, author and artist whose short films have screened at festivals worldwide. She currently works in social media marketing at the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Her first picture book, Ten Little Dumplings, was nominated for the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer/Illustrator award and named one of the Best Books of the 21st Century by Kirkus Reviews. She studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design University and has an MFA in Film Production from York University. Larissa is based in Toronto.

MYO YIM is a Korean author-illustrator living in Australia. Her picture books include To the Forest of Night and Rajah Street. She has illustrated several picture books over the last decade, including White Sunday and Filo’s Butterflies by Litea Fuata, both of which were named Asian/Pacific American Pasifika Picture Book Honor titles at the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Myo now lives in Byron Bay, Australia with her husband and two boys.