廖小琴
Liao Xiaoqin (廖小琴), pen name Maizi, likes the starry sky, walking and reading. She is a contracted writer of Bajin Literary Academy in Sichuan, China, invited writer of Chengdu Literary Academy, and a member of the Chinese Writers' Association. She is the author of The Bear's Daughter, Cotton Granny Can't Sleep, Follow Grandpa to the City, and The Elves and the Monsters Have a Big Hotel. Her works have won the 4th Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award in 2015, the 10th National Outstanding Children's Literature Award in 2017, the Sichuan Literature Award Special Prize, the Laureate Children's Book Award for children's picture books in 2019, the Chinese New Talent Award of the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award in 2023, among many other awards.