Janie Jaehyun Park was born and grew up in Seoul, Korea. She spent her childhood in love with music, reading, drawing and painting. She has a BA in French literature from Yonsei University in Seoul, and a diploma in Illustration from Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada, where she won the Board of Governor's Silver Medal and was named a Sheridan Scholar.

Her work has won several awards including Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award from IBBY Canada, two from Applied Arts Magazine and two from The Korean Publishing Illustrators' Association. She currently works in editorial, advertising, and book illustration and also teaches Art.

Her first picture book, The Tiger and The Dried Persimmon, the retelling of a Korean folktale, was nominated as a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Awards and won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award in Canada in 2002. She has published several other children’s and educational books in Korea and USA/Canada. She lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

Email Janie: janie@janiepark.com

Phone & Fax : (416)604-3776