Donald Wu was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Oakland, California His passion for drawing and comic books led him to attend California College of the Arts where he studied illustration. He has been working full time in the field of children’s illustration for over 15 yrs. First in traditional mediums he now does all of his art digitally. Donald’s professional credits include Dogerella and A Dog’s Life among others. When Donald is not spending the majority of his day in his home-studio surrounded by toys and books, he can be found out on the bay paddling with his dragon boat team, Donald currently lives in the SF bay area with his wife Leanne, son Nolan, daughter Violet and dog Honey. Below are his most recent picture books, Searching for Lucky #3002: A Ben and Blue Mystery by Ellen Melissa Cohen (Red Chair Press Books), Chilla Gorilla & Lanky Lemur Journey to the Heart by Kimberly Snyder & Jon Bier (Books & Media), K9 Mattis on the Job: A Day in the Life of a Police Dog by Mark Tappan (Tommy Nelson), I Can Read!: A Fiona the Hippo Book series (Zonderkidz), Holly Wakes Early by Kimberly Long Cockroft (Cricket Media), The Yummy Up Bakery by Taylor Hirsch (Independently published), Happy to be Blu by Sheetal Tahilramani, Champion Monsters by Lindsey Womack (Champion Monster Projects, LLC), The Memoirs of Winthrop Little: Operation Birthday Cake interactive book App, I Love You, Daddy & Mommy by Dandi Daley Mackall (Standard Publishing), A Dog's Life by Caroline R. Sherman (Amazon Children's Publishing), Shaggy Dogs, Waggy Dogs by Patricia Hubbell, She Sells Seashells and Other Tricky Tongue Twisters and You're Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore both written by Nancy Loewen (Picture Window Books). Principal Fred Won't Go to Bed by Carolyn Crimi (Marshall Cavendish), J is for Jack-O'-Lantern by Brennan-Nelson and Denise (Sleeping Bear Press), and Change-up: Baseball by Gene Fehler (Clarion Books).
See more of Donald's art: Donald's personal website
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