Kelly Yang

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Kelly Yang
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Kelly Yang is an Asian American writer and author of young adult and children's literature. She won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and the 2018 Parents’ Choice Gold Medal for Fiction for her book Front Desk, a book based on her experiences as a 10-year-old working at her family's motel business.[1]

Biography[]

Kelly Yang was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to the United States with her family when she was young. She skipped several grades and attended University of California, Berkeley at the age of 13 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science. She then went on to Harvard Law School and graduated at the age of 20.[2] Although graduating with a juris doctor, she decided not to become a lawyer.

Yang served as an editorial columnist for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2018 and also founded an after-school writing program for children called The Kelly Yang Project.[3]

She released a second book after Front Desk called Three Keys. Three Keys is about illegal and legal immigration. Her third book Parachutes is about sexual misconduct at an elite private school, and based on her own experiences at Harvard Law School.[4]

Personal life[]

She has three children.[5] She spends her time between San Francisco and Hong Kong.

Bibliography[]

  • Front Desk (2018)
  • Three Keys (2020)
  • Parachutes (2020)

References[]

  1. ^ Yung, Sarah (May 7, 2020). "Q&A with Kelly Yang". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Ho, Melanie (May 9, 2018). "From poverty to college at 13: Chinese immigrant experience in US". South China Morning Post. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kelly Yang". South China Morning Post. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Yang, Kelly (May 14, 2020). "Harvard Law School Came After Me for Speaking Up About My Sexual Assault". Medium. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "About Kelly Yang". Front Desk. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

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