Chien, Catia

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Chien, Catia

Personal

Born in São Paulo, Brazil; immigrated to United States. Education: Attended college. Hobbies and other interests: Swing dancing, making soup.

Addresses

Home—P.O. Box 1290, Tustin, CA 92781. E-mail—gatapuff@yahoo.com.

Career

Illustrator and animator. Exhibitions: Work included in exhibitions in California and Chicago, IL.

Illustrator

Suzanne Selfors, To Catch a Mermaid, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2007.

Dashka Slater, The Sea Serpent and Me, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2008.

Contributor to books, including Princess Alyss of Wonderland, by Frank Beddor, Dial (New York, NY), 2007. Creator of comics, including "Tumbleweed." Contributor to "Flight" and "Belle and Sebastian" cartoon anthologies.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2007, review of To Catch a Mermaid.

Publishers Weekly, September 3, 2007, review of To Catch a Mermaid, p. 59.

School Library Journal, September, 2007, Elizabeth Bird, review of To Catch a Mermaid, p. 208.

ONLINE

Catia Chien Home Page,http://www.catiachien.com (September 15, 2008).

GUU Press Web site,http://www.guupress.com/ (February 1, 2007), Byron Tsang, interview with Chien.

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