Natasha Yim

Natasha Yim is the author of nine picture books including Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2014), a Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Club selection, and Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2020) part of Charlesbridge Publishing's Storytelling Math series. She has also written for Disney Press which released the picture book Mulan's Lunar New Year in 2018, and for Disney/Pixar with the release of Like Mother, Like Daughter based on the Pixar movie, "Turning Red” (Feb. 2022), and the Little Golden Book Lightyear, an adaptation of Disney/Pixar’s movie “Lightyear” (May, 2022). Two nonfiction picture books on the Lunar New Year will be released by Quarto Books as part of their Holiday Around the World series, and by Jump! Publishing in November 2023.

Natasha’s nonfiction articles have been published in the children’s magazines “Highlights for Children,” “Faces,” “Appleseeds,” and “Muse.” Natasha is currently working on four picture books for Quarto Books' "Count Down" series, her middle grade historical fiction, and several other picture book projects. She grew up in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and many of her stories are inspired by her cultural upbringing.

Natasha Yim is represented by Ana Crespo.