Jessica Ruan

Jessica Ruan is an author and illustrator born in Seattle, and based in Boston. She is currently the Alan Andres Illustrated Children's Book Fellow at the Boston Public Library for her manuscript A Hundred Thousand. Her work, painted in gouache, acrylic, ink and colored pencil, draws from her upbringing in the landscapes from the Pacific Northwest and her experience growing up Chinese-American. She loves stories of nature, of joy, of things that are tenderly human.

Jessica received her BFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she found her love for picture books and children's literature.