“A colorful, modern adventure―with dragons as a bonus.” ― Kirkus Reviews

Vivian Truong is a British-Born Chinese artist from London. She is the illustrator behind various books and graphic novels including the bestselling middle grade series: City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, Cooking with Monsters, I Am Fun Size and So Are You!, The Day the Teachers Disappeared, and her latest book, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

The ALA named “Best Graphic Novel of 2021” middle-grade series, City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm has won numerous awards globally including the Red Dot Award, Rebecca Caudill Award, and many more. Its following sequel, City of Dragons: Rise of the Shadowfire was consistently in the top ten on the Indiebound bestsellers list.

Outside of books, Vivian has been the UK’s official “World Book Day” artist, a charity that promotes reading for every young person and child. From 2023, she has appeared on BBC Live Lessons which teaches young children new skills such as how to get started in drawing. She often collaborates with the popular video game studio, Riot Games, drawing comics and promotional pieces including Pride 2022 which celebrated LGBTQA+ community artists.

Vivian's Featured Titles

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Behind the Scenes: City of Dragons

This will show in detail the art behind City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, including concept art, character designs, and the step-by-step creation of pages. This talk usually ends with a follow-along live demonstration of how to draw the mascot character, Nate the dragon.

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How to design your own character

A popular talk, especially with younger kids, on how to use basic shapes and lines to create unique characters.

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How to create a comic

This talk can also double up as a class lesson. I will show the basic principles on creating comics and how to get started on making your own.

Vivian’s Comics

Vivian’s Illustrations

Honors, Awards & Recognition

2023 Panda Book Award (China)
2023 Sakura Medal (Japan)
2023 Red Dot Book Award (Singapore)
2023 Rebecca Caudill Award Nomination (Illinois)
2023 Young Adult Library Services YALSA Great Books for Teens
2023 Read for Empathy Collection (UK)
2021 American Library Association Best Graphic Novels for Children
2021 Children’s Book Review Book Club Pick
2021 QBD Book of the Month (Australia)
2021 Dozens of weeks on the Indiebound Bestseller List
2015 NCCA Best Interactive Media Award
2012 Bexley Art Award
2012 Japanese Embassy Manga Jiman (4th place)

Media Kit

By clicking the link below you will be directed to a Google Docs Folder
where you can download author photos and cover images.

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