Oliver Chin, Author

Oliver is the author of children's books The Year of the Dog and The Adventures of WonderBaby. Previously he wrote The Tao of Yao: Insights from Basketball's Brightest Big Man, which Publishers Weekly called a "clever twist on the traditional sports biography." Also he wrote and illustrated the graphic novel 9 of 1: A Window to the World which received 2003 Honorable Mention for the Gustavus Myers Award that "commends works that extend our understanding of the root causes of bigotry and the range of options we as humans have in constructing alternative ways to share power."

Oliver had spoken on NPR, FoxSports and Pacifica Radio, and presented at Yale, MIT, Columbia, Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, USF Center for the Pacific Rim, University of Michigan, and the US Census Bureau. Called a "comics expert" by the San Jose Mercury News, he has conducted comics workshops at public libraries and schools, and is an entertainment columnist for Comics and Games Retailer magazine and reviewer for Comics Buyer's Guide. Having graduated magna cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard, he lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife and two sons.

Charlene Chua, Illustrator

Charlene Chua is an award winning illustrator who began her career in her native country of Singapore. Her background encompasses web design and advertising, including working for the interactive wing of Ogilvy & Mather's Asian operations. Her interest however, has always been primarily in illustration and she eventually pursued a career as a fulltime artist.

Her progress was rapid and resulted in an appearance in a regional exhibition showcasing the talents of designers and illustrators within Southeast Asia. Her work has appeared in regional versions of international publications such as the men's magazines FHM and Maxim. She has also provided illustrations for various marketing and advertising initiatives ranging from women's magazines to promotional illustrations for CD covers, shopping malls and even real estate in Indonesia and Australia.

She now calls Toronto home, along with two petulant cats and a dazed husband, where she continues projects such as a short, monthly comic book for children, and the occasional cover for video game magazines. She is represented by the Lemonade Illustration Agency in the United Kingdom and eventually hopes to complete a graphic novel she has been nursing for several years.