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Julie C. Dao

Author

Bio

Julie C. Dao is the critically acclaimed author of many books for teens and children including Forest of a Thousand Lanterns and Broken Wish. Her novels have earned starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, won recognition as Junior Library Guild Selections and Kids' Indie Next List picks, and landed on multiple best-of-year lists including YALSA and the American Library Association. A proud Vietnamese-American who was born in upstate New York, she now lives in New England.

Julie C. Dao Books

Team Chu and the Wild Ghost Chase book cover

Team Chu and the Wild Ghost Chase

Julie C. Dao
Mermaids Never Drown book cover

Mermaids Never Drown

Zoraida Córdova
Writing in Color book cover

Writing in Color

Nafiza Azad
Team Chu and the Epic Hero Quest book cover

Team Chu and the Epic Hero Quest

Julie C. Dao
Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena book cover

Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena

Julie C. Dao
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns book cover

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Julie C. Dao
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