Aram Kim is a NY-based children's book author/illustrator and a picture book designer. She was born in Ohio, spent her childhood in South Korea, and now lives in Queens, NY. Aram brings a distinctive South Korean flair to works she creates. She is an advocate for diversity in children's literature, and creator of the Multicultural Children's Book Day poster for 2018. Her debut picture book Cat on the Bus (2016) was included in Children's Choice Reading List by ILA/CBC. Her second picture book No Kimchi for Me! (2017) is a Junior Library Guild selection, Bank Street College's Best Children's Book of the Year (2018), and 2018 A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy by The Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Her third book is Let's Go to Taekwondo: A Story About Persistence, Bravery, and Breaking Boards . Aram has been invited to numerous book festivals and events to read and to talk about her creative process.

She also holds workshops for people who want to create their own children's books. Visit aramkim.com.