Grace Lin is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Year of the Dog , The Year of the Rat , and Ling & Ting , as well as picture books such asThe Ugly VegetablesandDim Sum for Everyone!Where the Mountain Meets the Moonwas partially inspired by her travels to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Massachusetts. Her website is www.gracelin.com .