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Annie Guo VanDan is an American journalist. She is co-founder and president of Asian Avenue, a magazine published since 2006 that covers the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community of Denver, Colorado. [1]
Kelly Yang (born August 29, 1984) is an Asian American writer and author of young adult and children's literature. She won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature of her novel, Front Desk 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.
Gary Pak, author of Children of a Fireland: A Novel (2004) and Language of the Geckos and Other Stories (2005) Greg Pak Ty Pak, author of A Korean Decameron: Tales of the Yi Dynasty (1961), Guilt Payment (1983), Cry Korea Cry (1999), Moonbay: Short Stories (1999), Dear, Daughter (2017) and Moonbay: Short Stories (1999)
[5] [6] For the novel, Lee won a "Best Book for Reluctant Readers" award from the American Library Association in 1992. [7] In 1993, Finding My Voice also earned the Young People's Literature Award from the Friends of American Writers, [8] and was also placed on the 1994 Young Adults' Choices list by the International Reading Association. [9]
Nicole Burnham is originally from Colorado, but was born in Key West, Florida, while her father was briefly stationed there with the military.She graduated from Mannheim American High School in 1988, then obtained her B.A. in political science magna cum laude in 1991 from Colorado State University, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.
Akemi Dawn Bowman [1] is an American author, best known for her William C. Morris Award Finalist young adult novel Starfish, which follows a Japanese-American teenager named Kiko Himura who grapples with a toxic home life and attempts to find a back-up plan after being rejected for a place at her dream art school. [2]
Charlie Higson: Young Bond; S.E. Hinton: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Tex, That Was Then, This Is Now; Will Hobbs: Downriver, Far North, Crossing the Wire; Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves Series, Switched Trilogy; Alice Hoffman: Green Angel; Nina Kiriki Hoffman (primarily an author of science fiction): A Stir of Bones, Spirits That Walk in Shadow
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Years Category Author Title Result Ref. 2001 Adult Fiction T. C. Huo: Land of Smiles: Winner [3] Adult Nonfiction Loung Ung: First They Killed My Father: Winner: Children and Young Adult Literature Janet S. Wong, illustrated by Bo Jia: The Trip Back Home: Winner: 2001–2003 Adult Fiction Yann Martel ...