Kelly Yang

Kelly Yang

Kelly Yang has written at least 11 books. Their most popular book is Front Desk with 77 saves with an average rating of 4.26⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Young Adult, Juvenile Fiction, and LGBTQ.

emotional, hopeful, and inspiring are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the FRONT DESK series, winner of the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. Her books include FRONT DESK, THREE KEYS, ROOM TO DREAM, PARACHUTES, NEW FROM HERE, and other middle grade and young adult novels. She was born in China and grew up in Los Angeles. She went to college at the age of 13 and graduated from UC Berkeley at the age of 17 and Harvard Law School at the age of 20. After law school, she founded The Kelly Yang Project, a writing and debating program for children in Asia. Prior to becoming a novelist, she wrote for many years for the South China Morning Post, The New York Times, Washington Post, and the Atlantic. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.