Jack Wong (writer)

Jack Wong is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books. He is most noted as a winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 2023 Governor General's Awards for When You Can Swim, and the Ann Connor Brimer Award at the 2024 Atlantic Book Awards for The Words We Share.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2010 to attend NSCAD University after deciding to abandon his career in engineering to study art.

Works

 * When You Can Swim - 2023
 * The Words We Share - 2023
 * All That Grows - 2024