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Jimmy Liao


Born
in Taiwan
November 15, 1958

Website

Genre
Romance, Short Stories


Jimmy Liao (pen name: 幾米；autonym: Lao Fu-Bin, 廖福彬) born in Yilan County, Taiwan. in Fine Arts, with a major in Design. He had worked in advertising companies for 12 years. Now he works as an illustrator. Since 1998, Jimmy published several illustrated books with amazing originality and multi-faceted narratives. He had since set a fashion in creating and publishing illustrated books in local and international markets. Utilizing images as a refreshing form of literary language, Jimmy creates in his works poetic frames that emit charms and appeals. He has published seventeenth popular books so far, and they are translated into English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean and so forth. Being the most popular illustrator author in Asia, crea ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 9,438 ratings · 1,459 reviews · 95 distinct works • Similar authors
A Chance of Sunshine
4.41 avg rating — 1,217 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions
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The Sound of Colors: A Jour...
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4.36 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions
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The Starry Starry Night เดอ...
4.51 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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The Blue Stone: A Journey T...
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When the Moon Forgot
4.25 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions
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Hermosa soledad
4.26 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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微笑的魚
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4.27 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions
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時光電影院: The rainbow of Time
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Esconderse En Un Rincón Del...
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Nụ Hôn Từ Biệt
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“就好像我曾經傷心痛苦過，
但我的心完整無缺，
好像什麼事也沒發生過一般。
這樣的人生到底美好還是不美好啊......”
― Jimmy Liao, 我不是完美小孩
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“假如有一天，
我可以自由自在做我想做的事，
我可以完全不在乎別人的想法，
我可以為所欲為去實現夢想，
那麼，我會做什麼呢？

假如有一天...”
― Jimmy Liao, 我不是完美小孩
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“世界愈悲傷，我要愈快樂。
當人心愈險惡，我要愈善良。
當挫折來了，我要挺身面對。
我要做一個樂觀向上，
不退縮不屈不饒不怨天尤人，
勇敢去接受人生所有挑戰的人。”
― Jimmy Liao, 我不是完美小孩
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