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Welcome! May you find stories that inspire you,
characters to laugh out loud and cry with,
and ideas that broaden your mind and move your heart.
Featured Works
Published Works
- To Fill or Not to Fill Your Coconut – Winner of Flash Fiction in WriteMentor Magazine ’21 issue on perseverance https://write-mentor.com/writementor-magazine-for-childrens-writers/
What inspired you to write ‘To Fill or Not to Fill Your Coconut’?
“Climbing a coconut tree is such a strong visual of what perseverance is to me… This piece is a love letter to kids who dare to dream despite the odds against them, and those special persons who make it their mission to help kids be the best versions of themselves.”
Awards/Recognition
- In My Mother’s Womb (Flash Fiction) – Finalist in Catholic Literary Arts Advent 2021 Contest
- A Night at the Lighthouse (Spooky MG) – Winner of Austin SCBWI Creators of Diverse Worlds Scholarship 2021; Chosen for WriteMentor Summer Mentorship Program ’21
- The Miracle Man (PB on Lent)- won a copy of The Lamb’s Gift by Brenda Ramirez from Catholic Kidlit Writing Contest 2021
- Guardians of the Grove (MG Fantasy Adventure) – nominated for Austin SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award 2019
Check these out!
Read Up!
Do you love to read? I do, too, but not as much as my daughter, Carmel. She and I have challenged each other to Read Up! If you’d like to challenge yourself, too; check out the books we recommend. They are mom reviewed and kid approved. Happy reading!
Know a book you’d like us to read up? Send us a message.
For Moms and Dads…
Parenting kids isn’t for the faint of heart. From the challenges of diapering baby bums to bandaging a broken heart, we are our children’s safe haven. In my blog Saints in the Rough, you will find musings of a mom navigating the messy world of parenting. There are questions for self-reflection, too.
Virtue Talk Outlines
Once a month, we gather as moms to enrich ourselves like women at the well… sharing and learning from each other. Here is a series of talks you could use to start up your own Mom Enrichment!
About Me
Dr. Lynn Grace Wong grew up in the Philippines on mangoes and her great-grandpa Papang’s spooky stories. She got bit by the writing bug at an early age and won a third-grade district-wide writing competition in Guam because her teacher Mrs. G. believed in her.
Lynn practiced as a licensed Physical Therapist, opened a clinic for children with special needs, and earned a Ph.D. in Special Education Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, but her heart never left writing. She joined the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in 2019 and won the Austin SCBWI 2021 Creators of Diverse Worlds Scholarship. Her winning flash fiction, “To Fill or Not to Fill Your Coconut” was published in the WriteMentor Magazine ‘21 issue on perseverance.
When she isn’t helping run a girl’s leadership club, Lynn can be found hiking the trails of Austin. Although, she prefers a mean game of Scrabble or belting out goofy karaoke with her husband and five kids. And, of course, the hours before dawn are Lynn’s sacred writing time, when diverse stories take flight and sweep her away.
Member of SCBWI, American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and Catholic Writers Guild (CWG)
Lynn is represented by stellar literary agent, Jemiscoe Chambers-Black jemiscoe@andreabrownlit.com
Connect with Lynn on Twitter @lynngracewong
Lynn Grace Wong 