MAISIE CHAN is a British-born Chinese author. She has written early reader books for Hachette and Big Cat Collins, and a collection of fairy tales, myths and legends in Stories From Around the World for Scholastic, as well as many stories for The Big Think: a well-being curriculum based around stories for primary school children. She also started the group Bubble Tea Writers to support and encourage new British East and Southeast Asian writers in the UK. Originally from Birmingham, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow. When Maisie isn't writing, she enjoys yoga, dim sum and singing really loud. She has lived in the U.K, U.S and Taiwan.
Short list
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Ace of Spades, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Usborne)
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We're Going to Find the Monster, Malorie Blackman & Dapo Adeola (Puffin)
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The Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs, Jeffrey Boakye, illustrated Ngadi Smart, (Faber & Faber)
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Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, Maisie Chan (Piccadilly Press)
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The Sound of Everything, Rebecca Henry (Everything With Words)
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The Crossing, Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House Children’s)
2022
Maisie Chan
Danny Chung does not do maths
(Piccadilly Press)
Children's & YA Winner:
Long list
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Ace of Spades, Faridah Àbíkí-Íyímídé (Usborne)
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How Was That Built: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures, Roma Agrawal & Katie Hickey (Bloomsbury)
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Lionheart Girl, Yaba Badoe (Head of Zeus)
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We're Going to Find the Monster, Malorie Blackman & Dapo Adeola (Puffin)
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The Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs, Jeffrey Boakye, illustrated Ngadi Smart, (Faber & Faber)
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Afterlove, Tanya Byrne (Hodder Children’s Books)
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Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, Maisie Chan (Piccadilly Press)
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Luna Loves Dance, Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers (Andersen Press)
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Grown: The Black Girls’ Guide to Glowing Up, Melissa Cummings-Quarry & Natalie A. Carter, illustrated Dorcas Magbadelo (Bloomsbury)
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Rumaysa, A Fairy Tale, Radiya Hafiza, illustrated Rhaida El Touny (Macmillan Children’s Books)
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The Sound of Everything, Rebecca Henry (Everything With Words)
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The Crossing, Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House Children’s)
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