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About Gene Luen Yang
American cartoonist and author
Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist and author. He lectures frequently on graphic novels and comics, and has spoken at conventions, universities, schools, and libraries. He also worked at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California, where he served as Director of Information Services and taught computer science. In 2012, he joined Hamline University’s low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults. In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and he received a MacArthur Fellowship that same year.
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Books by Gene Luen Yang
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2017
American Born Chinese
2006
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2017
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2020
Level Up
2016