Jeanyee Wong (1920-2017) was a Chinese American artist, illustrator, and calligrapher. Over a career of 70 years, Wong designed, illustrated, and hand-lettered over 40 illustrated books and 2,000 dust jackets. Wong studied in New York under calligrapher George Salter and apprenticed with graphic designer Fritz Kredel, earning her first illustration job at age 20. In 1947, Wong became one of the founders of the Book Jacket Designer Guild. With her unmatchable, steady hand, Wong built up letters with drafting tools or shaped them free-hand so accurately that experienced editors couldn’t tell the difference between her scripts and typographic alphabets. Wong’s work included book jackets for John Updike and Maurice Sendak, lettering on Hermes scarves, and logos for the New York Public Library. This copy of The Flower Lover and the Fairies was illustrated and hand-written in its entirety by Jeanyee Wong.