Shirin Yim Bridges
Shirin Yim Bridges is a children's author based in the USA. Other works include Ruby's Wish (2002, Chronicle), based on her grandmother's efforts to gain an education in mid-twentieth century China; The Umbrella Queen (2008, Greenwillow Books) about a girl who defies convention to create beautiful art, and the other titles in The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses series. Bridges' work for young readers emphasises inspirational and empowering stories about women and girls. At the time The Thinking Girl's Treasury was developed, Bridges was the owner of its publishing house, Goosebottom Books and she provided reference materials and art direction to the Treasury illustrator.
Bio prepared by Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk
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