Alan Woo

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

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| occupation = novelist

| period = 2010s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = Maggie's Chopsticks, David Jumps In

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Alan Woo is a Canadian writer, who won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2013 for his debut book Maggie's Chopsticks."Gaston among B.C. Book Prizes winners". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 5, 2013. His second children's book David Jumps In was released by Kids Can Press in March 2020. He has also published poetry and short stories in Ricepaper, Quills and Plenitude.[http://plenitudemagazine.ca/bc-book-prize-winner-alan-woo-on-writing-for-children/ "BC Book Prize winner Alan Woo on writing for children"]. Plenitude, June 11, 2013.

Born in England to Chinese immigrant parents, Woo moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia in childhood. He is openly gay.