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Alvina Ling (林佑珊)

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Alvina Ling (林佑珊)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Alvina Ling
  • Chinese: 林佑珊
  • Era: 1974
  • Geography: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Core roles: entrepreneur
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. Won Newbery and Caldecott Honors, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Medal, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, the Golden Kite, and several that have made the New York Times Best Illustrated list

Education

  • Univ. of California, Berkeley — 1996 — B.A., Mass Communication

Employment

  • Hachette Book Group — Executive Editorial Director — (1999-2014) — Little, Brown Books for Young Readers — VP and Editor-in-Chief — (2014-)

Role in the Community

  • 多次擔任台灣美国人語文協會（TA.org）創作獎評審：2023年（與 Charles Yu、Shawna Yang Ryan，見 2023 Creative Writing Prize）、2025年（見 2025 Creative Writing Prize）、2026年（與 Charles Yu、Grace Loh Prasad、Shawna Yang Ryan、Averylin Cummins，見 2026 Creative Writing Prize）。

  • 育成台裔作家：作者 Julia 回憶 Alvina 與 Connie Hsu 是「把台裔創作者與有色人種創作者的繪書放上書架」的兩位重要編輯，並經兒時因緣引介她签下第一本合約（Jenny Han 的經紀人 Emily Van Beek，見 When Love Is More Than Words）。

  • 家族：父親為 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1679-evan-ling|林富文博士（Dr. Evan Ling，TAH #1679）]]；本人 TAH 檔案見 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1680-alvina-ling|TAH #1680]]。

  • 2015-05-22 — 接受 TaiwaneseAmerican.org「Breaking Barriers」系列訪談（Monica Chenglo 主訪），自述成長於台裔社群組織環境：東岸時期（匹茲堡、紐澤西、上州）幾乎年年參加 TAC/EC（Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast）至國中八年級，南遷後參加 TACL 營隊一兩次（「像家庭夏令營」）；已參與出版逾百本童書（Breaking Barriers: Alvina Ling, Editor-in-Chief）。

  • 亦歷任 TA.org 創作獎評審：2022 年首届 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prize 國中組（與 Charles Yu、Shawna Yang Ryan 共同選定得獎人，見 2022 Creative Writing Prize Recipients）、2024 年（與 Charles Yu、Shawna Yang Ryan，見 2024 Creative Writing Prize）。

  • 2026-09-23 語料複核（slice 09221100-21）— 重 grep（Alvina Ling／林佑珊）命中檔案（whos-who-1680、when-love-is-more-than-words、2023/2024 prize 紀錄、this-is-why-you-must-read）均已全數吸收於上列，無新事實。SKIP-with-reason。

  • 與終身好友 Grace Lin 合作密切（儿时好友、其童書編集人），並編集 Eugenia Ling／Vivienne Ling 相關作品，見 This Is Why You Must Read This Is Not My Home。

  • 2026-09-24 corpus re-grep (slice 09230600-12): fresh grep hits (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2023/2024 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read) all absorbed, no new facts. verified-saturated.

Family

  • Husband: Stephen Colman
  • Father: 林富文
  • Mother: |黃美惠

Sources

  • |TAH Foundation

  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org

  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-25 (slice 09240600-18): fresh ZH+EN grep of works/+articles/ — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022/2023/2024/2025/2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor), all absorbed above. SKIP: verified-saturated.

  • 2026-09-26 corpus re-grep (slice 09250900-13): fresh grep Alvina Ling／林佑珊 — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2023/2024 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read); all absorbed. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-09-26 corpus re-grep (slice 09260317-30): fresh grep Alvina Ling／林佑珊 — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022/2023/2024/2025/2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor); all absorbed. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-09-27 corpus re-grep (slice 09260700-14): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022–2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor); all absorbed. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-09-29 corpus re-grep (slice 09260700-14): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022–2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor); all absorbed. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-10-10 corpus re-grep (slice 10081100-22): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling across content/works|articles|sources|events|topics — hit set unchanged. One absorbable gap fixed: 2022 首屆評審 previously listed without the work link; now wikilinked to 2022 recipients (co-judges Charles Yu、Shawna Yang Ryan confirmed by that record and by Shawna Yang Ryan’s page). No other new facts. Verified-saturated.

  • 2026-10-11 corpus re-grep (slice 10100800-32): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling across all 5 corpus dirs — hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022–2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor, works/index, tah source page); one new file pew-research-center-taiwanese-american-statement.md is a false match (“Alvina Yeh, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance” — different person, not linked). All hits absorbed. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-10-12 corpus re-grep (slice 10110400-29): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling／林佑 across all 5 corpus dirs — works/sources hit set unchanged (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022–2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor, works/index, tah source page), all absorbed. The three taiwanjustice-net article hits matched only 林佑恩導演 (documentary director, different person — surname-only false match, not linked). No new facts. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

  • 2026-10-13 corpus re-grep (slice 10120700-17): fresh grep 林佑珊／Alvina Ling／林佑 across all 5 corpus dirs — works/sources hit set identical (whos-who-1680, when-love-is-more-than-words, 2022–2026 prize records, this-is-why-you-must-read, alvina-ling-editor, works/index, tah source page), all absorbed. taiwanjustice-net hits confirmed false matches again (林佑恩導演, 林佑澤 in 林姿妙 case — different persons). No new facts. Verified-saturated — SKIP.

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