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PREORDER CAMPAIGN FOR COLLIDING WORLDS OF MINA LEE

Happy 2024 Year of the Dragon!

I’m excited that my new YA release, COLLIDING WORLDS OF MINA LEE, is out this January 23rd! Cover art by the fabulous Audrey Mok! And I have some preorder swag for those of you interested in getting some exclusive CW content! It includes:

  1. Two character stickers – art by the youngest Oh who is a webtoon artist and you can see his 2 brilliant webcomics here.
  2. A beautiful art card by the amazing Kelly Wang who was also the brilliant illustrator of my Dragon Egg Princess character cards. She out did herself this time with this gorgeous art piece playing off the aha Take on Me video which is the inspiration of CW.
  3. A signed bookplate made to look like the tablet Mina draws on designed by my brilliant youngest Oh.

To enter for this exclusive preorder swag, all you have to do is preorder Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee from the following:

  1. Preorder from my local indie the amazing Loyalty Bookstore in Washington, DC for a signed copy of CW as well as all of the swag!
  2. Preorder from the wonderful Belmont Books in Boston, MA for a signed bookplate and swag!

Preorder now while supplies last!

My TedxTalk on WHO DESERVES HAPPY EVER AFTERS?

My TedxTalk can be watched here.

What a wonderful experience to present with these brilliant, amazing women who all killed it! It was a lot of work and stress but well worth it to have listened and laughed along with a wonderful supportive audience. I will be forever grateful to have had this opportunity. You can watch all of these fantastic TedxTalks by searching for TedxBethesdaWomen 2023.

HARU is OUT and I’m a The Week Junior Author Ambassador!

I’m so excited that HARU ZOMBIE DOG HERO is out in the world! I’ve always wanted to write a zombie book, and I’ve always wanted to write a dog book. So of course I wrote  a zombie dog book! And I’m happy to be writing horror again but at the heart of Haru is a story about the love between a boy and his dog.

And if you read The Week Junior, I am proud to be an Author Ambassador this summer for their summer of reading program! I’m very grateful that they also shared a little bit of Haru!

 

POLITICS AND PROSE EVENT!

Airports are where people and lives briefly touch, interact and then move on.  In these twelve interwoven short stories by different authors set in a Chicago airport, Asian–American children and teens interact with each other while awaiting flights.  Unfortunately, sometimes when they encounter other passengers these children are met with racism, leading to the overarching question: are you where you belong? This collection of powerful, yet funny stories is a great start to a conversation about both listening and speaking up in order to find one’s place in society.  

On April 26, at 10:30AM, I will be presenting at the Politics and Prose Bookstore on Connecticut Avenue, DC!  This event is free to attend and open to the public, however, reservations are required for school groups interested in attending. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW
WashingtonDC 20008

 

 

5 Starred Reviews Plus Fabulous NYT Review for YOU ARE HERE!!!

So grateful and honored by the wonderful reception our book YOU ARE HERE has garnered!

The New York Times did a wonderful review of YOU ARE HERE with fabulous art by the brilliant James Yang.

School Library Journal Starred Review – “This collection is not only important, but essential.”

PW Starred Review – “an intersectionally diverse, multifaceted collaboration that’s artfully conceived and executed.”

Booklist Starred Review – “The individual narratives are consistently engaging and rewarding, and together they form a unique collection of interconnected stories about young, contemporary Asian American characters.”

Kirkus Starred Review – “Compelling and nuanced.”

Bookpage Starred Review – “You Are Here vividly illustrates the talents of a diverse group of creators as well as the rich and varied range of Asian American experiences and identities.”

YOU ARE HERE LAUNCH EVENT MARCH 11!

The launch event for YOU ARE HERE and the Allida imprint helmed by the brilliant Linda Sue Park, is happening this coming March 11th at 2pm at P&T Knitwear!

We are going to have a fabulous talk and sign copies and have a great time! It is a free event but sign up here to save your ticket! Come join me and Linda Sue Park, Grace Lin, and our amazing cover artist Marcos Chin in NYC!!  P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street, New York NY

 

YOU ARE HERE: Connecting Flights Full cover reveal!

I’m excited to share the cover and full jacket art for You Are Here: Connecting Flights, cover by the brilliant Marcos Chin. The anthology will be released on March 7, 2023 by Allida/HarperCollins. Preorder it here. I am also extraordinarily proud and happy that You Are Here will be the inaugural title for the amazing Linda Sue Park’s Allida imprint! I know that all of the contributors are absolutely thrilled!

This full cover is particularly meaningful to all of us because Marcos brought all of our characters alive from front to back and it was truly the most joyous moment for all of us to see them like this! This book was an absolute labor of love and I truly hope that everyone will read it and love it as much as we do!

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that impacts twelve young Asian Americans in a crowded and restless airport. As their disrupted journeys crisscross and collide, they encounter fellow travelers–some helpful, some hostile–as they discover the challenges of friendship, the power of courage, the importance of the right word at the right time, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar.

Twelve powerhouse Asian American authors explore themes of identity and belonging in the entwined experiences of young people whose family roots may extend to East and Southeast Asia, but who are themselves distinctly American.

Written by Linda Sue Park, Erin Entrada Kelly, Grace Lin, Traci Chee, Mike Chen, Meredith Ireland, Mike Jung, Minh Le, Ellen Oh, Randy Ribay, Christina Soontornvat, and Susan Tan, and edited by Ellen Oh.

HARU, ZOMBIE DOG HERO Cover Reveal!

Here is the breathtaking cover of my newest middle grade horror novel, HARU, ZOMBIE DOG HERO which is coming out July 11, 2023! The art is by the brilliant Teo Skaffa who made what is the absolute perfect cover for my zombie book! I love everything about it!

HARU, ZOMBIE DOG HERO

Eleven-year-old Luke and his dog, Haru, are the best of friends. Totally inseparable. But when their nasty landlord falsely accuses Haru of biting her, Haru is kidnapped! As Luke and his friends go on a serious mission to find and bring Haru home again, they discover mysterious experiments happening at the old laboratory at Painted Lake, owned by an evil multibillionaire named Mr. Thomas Sinclair. And Luke and his friends soon fear that Sinclair’s scientists could be doing illegal testing that may endanger Haru and their whole town.

As more strange clues emerge, the boys realize their world is changing fast, and soon Painted Lake is plagued by zombie attacks. Is the love and friendship between boy and dog enough to save them?

I also did a little interview over at the SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL who did my cover reveal! One of the questions they asked me was how did the idea for this book come about. And this was my answer:

EO: Well, I’ve always wanted to write a zombie book, ever since I saw Train to Busan. But I wasn’t interested in writing about regular old zombies. I wanted something different; I just didn’t know what that was. Then one day I was just sitting with my dogs, and they were staring at me with such absolute trust and love. At that moment, I thought to myself, even if my dogs turned into zombies, they would never hurt me. And just like that, the idea for Haru, Zombie Dog Hero came to me.

So it is only right of me to include this beautiful drawing done by my youngest of our family dogs, Tokki and Kiko! Proud mama moment  –  My youngest is also a webtoon artist of HOME SWEET GHOST.

 

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