Maria Wen Adcock

Maria Wen Adcock is the author of the children's books IT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR, CURIOUS GEORGE and MY NAME IS AI LIN (2025). Maria is a first-generation Chinese-American writer and founder of the award-winning multicultural parenting blog BiculturalMama.com. She has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Bloomberg News, Newsday, and Huffington Post. Maria is a board member of Multicultural Kid Blogs, an organization supporting diverse parenting bloggers, and co-host of the annual publishing event Read Your World Day. Maria resides on Long Island in New York.

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