Maisie Chan author page

Maisie Chan biography

Maisie Chan is a children’s author and the founder of the Bubble Tea Writers Network for East and Southeast Asian writers and creatives in the UK. She writes fiction for middle-grade readers and young fiction for early readers, alongside contributions to children’s non-fiction.

Her debut middle-grade novel, Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths (Piccadilly Press, 2021), follows an 11-year-old whose life is upended when his grandmother comes to stay. A second novel, Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu (Piccadilly Press, 2022), was selected in Kirkus Reviews’ Best Middle-Grade Books of 2023.

Writing as M. Chan for Hachette Children’s Group, she is the author of the Tiger Warrior action-adventure series for readers aged 5–7, including Attack of the Dragon King (2021), War of the Fox Demons (2021), Rise of the Lion Beast (2022), Battle for the Jade Rabbit (2023), Fight for the Cursed Unicorn (2024) and Clash of the Dragon Masters (2024).

Chan has also written early-reader titles for UK publishers and has delivered workshops and activities for schools and organisations.

Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths won the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize and the Branford Boase Award in 2022.

Website and social media

• Website, events and visits
• Twitter
• Instagram