Gene Luen Yang Biography

Gene Luen Yang began drawing comic books in the fifth grade. In 1997 he received a Xeric Grant for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks his first comics work. He has since written and drawn a number of titles including Duncan’s Kingdom The Rosary Comic Book Prime Baby and Animal Crackers. American Born Chinese his first graphic novel from First Second was a National Book Award finalist as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won an Eisner for The Eternal Smile a collaboration with Derek Kirk Kim. He is the author of the Secret Coders series (with artist Mike Holmes) and has written for the hit comics Avatar: The Last Airbender and Superman. Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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