Yu Rong has degrees in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art from Nanjing Normal University and in Communication and Design from the Royal College of Art, London.
Deeply versed in traditional Chinese art, she has won numerous international awards including the BIB Golden Apple and the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award.
Yu Rong’s books include Shu Lin’s Grandpa, with Matt Goodfellow, which was shortlisted for the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal 2022 and The Visible Sounds, with Yin Jianling, shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023.
Yu Rong lives in Cambridgeshire.
Illustrator's Website: http://www.yurong.co.uk/
