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.
