Aram Kim is a NY-based children's book author/illustrator and a picture book designer. She was born in Ohio, spent her childhood in South Korea, and now lives in Queens, NY. Aram brings a distinctive South Korean flair to works she creates. She is an advocate for diversity in children's literature, and creator of the Multicultural Children's Book Day poster for 2018.
Her debut picture book Cat on the Bus is an ILA/CBC Children's Choice. Her books in the Yoomi Friends and Family series are all Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and No Kimchi for Me! is a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year.
Aram has been invited to numerous book festivals and events to read and to talk about her creative process. She also holds workshops for people who want to create their own children's books. Visit aramkim.com.
