Meet the author: Kelly Yang

Author Kelly Yang will share her journey to becoming an author and writing tips.

This program is ideal for youth in grades 4 – 7. Please register using the email where you would like to receive the presentation link.

Registration closes three hours before the start of this event.

About the author

Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Front Desk series ("One of the 30 Most Influential Children's Books Of All Time" -BookRiot), including Front Desk, Three Keys, and Room to Dream, Key Player, and Top Story, Finally Heard, Finally Seen, New From Here, Yes We Will, and young adult novels Parachutes and Private Label. Front Desk is Kelly's award-winning middle grade debut novel about a 10-year-old Chinese American immigrant girl who manages the front desk of a motel while her parents clean the rooms. Front Desk was awarded the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, the Parents' Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a NPR Best Book of the Year, and a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year.