• She was born September 30, 1962, in Los Angeles, CA.
• Her father was Chinese; Her mother was Korean.
• Before becoming a writer, she was a lawyer.
• She is married and has one son, Andrew—who is the inspiration for the picture book Grump
• She writes pictures books and poetry books.

All biographical information comes from her biography in Contemporary Authors available through Galenet.

Wong Bibliography

Poetry Books

• Good Luck Gold and Other Poems (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing), ISBN: ISBN: 0-689-50617-1.
• A Suitcase of Seaweed and Other Poems (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing), ISBN: 0-689-80788-0.
• The Rainbow Hand: Poems About Mothers and Children (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) ISBN: 0-689-82148-4.
• Behind the Wheel: Poems About Driving (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) ISBN: 0-689-82531-5.
• Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) ISBN: 0-689-82617-6.

Picture Books

• Buzz (Harcourt, Inc.) ISBN: 0-152-01923-5.
• This Next New Year (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux) ISBN: 0374355037.
• The Trip Back Home (Harcourt, Inc.) ISBN: 0-15-200784-9.
• Grump (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster) ISBN: ISBN: 0-689-83485-3.
• You Have To Write (Margaret K. McElderry Books) ISBN: 0-689-83409-8.
• Apple Pie Fourth of July (Harcourt, Inc.) ISBN: ISBN: 0-15-202543-x.

Web Resources for Janet Wong

• Janet Wong's official site
• Meet Author Janet Wong
• In The Spotlight: Janet Wong (Scholastic)
• Janet Wong's Summer Reading List