About me
Lisa Yee’s groundbreaking Millicent Min, Girl Genius, featuring one of the first Asian American protagonists in contemporary literature, debuted in 2003. Her most recent novel, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, has garnered numerous awards including a Newbery Honor, National Book Award Finalist, and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Lisa’s more than twenty books include two young adult novels, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, the Bobby Ellis-Chan series, several American Girl books, and the popular DC Super Hero Girls novel series. Her next middle grade series kicks off with The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum and is illustrated by Caldecott winner Dan Santat.