Erica Lyons

I’m a Hong Kong-based kidlit author whose focus is on writing stories found in the footnotes of Jewish history books.

Some of my childhood favorites were All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor, everything by Judy Blume, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Flowers in Full Bloom by Huang Ching-sun, Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Illustrated by Maurice Sendak), and Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. There weren’t many books available then that featured Jewish characters, so I was particularly drawn to those that did. I still love reading kidlit. I particularly enjoy historical fiction and folktales and any book that features third culture/ multi-cultural kids, Judaism, and/or Asia.

Books in order of publication:

Alone Together on Dan Street – 2022

Counting on Naamah: A Mathematical Tale on Noah’s Ark – 2023

Zhen Yu and the Snake – 2023

On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel – 2024

Mixed-Up Mooncakes – 2024

Saliman and the Memory Stone – 2024

Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake – 2025