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Low Joo Hong

Low Joo Hong is a passionate educator, artist, illustrator and writer. He has a BA Honours in Fine Arts from the University of Leeds, U.K., and a M.A. in Children’s Books Illustration from the Anglia Ruskin University, U.K. He received Honourable Mentioned for the prestigious McMillan Prize 2009 for his book “There is No Steak Buried Here”. Low Joo Hong writes and illustrates both Chinese and English stories. He is best known as 椰子 for his Chinese productions and J.H. LOW for his English ones. Joo Hong’s works are spontaneous, masterful and often with a light touch of humour. His latest releases in 2015 are “有熊自远方来” and “Lost in the Gardens”.