Jack Wong (writer)

Jack Wong is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.^[1] He is most noted as a winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 2023 Governor General's Awards for When You Can Swim,^[2] and the Ann Connor Brimer Award at the 2024 Atlantic Book Awards for The Words We Share.^[3]

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia,^[1] he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2010 to attend NSCAD University after deciding to abandon his career in engineering to study art.^[4]

Works

• When You Can Swim - 2023
• The Words We Share - 2023
• All That Grows - 2024

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	Governor General's Awards	English-language Children's Illustration	When You Can Swim	Winner	[2]
2024	Atlantic Book Awards	Ann Conner Brimer Award	The Words We Share	Winner	[3]
	Forest of Reading	Blue Spruce Award		Finalist	[5]