Highlights from ALA Midwinter In Chicago

Highlights from ALA Midwinter In Chicago

Fantastic time speaking on panels and signing advance copies of ZEROBOXER at ALA Midwinter in Chicago. Losing my voice and being snowed in by a blizzard the next day made it that much more memorable. Left to right: the Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction panel with Auden Johnson, Ken Liu, and Sabaa Tahir; signing advance reader copies at the Flux booth; the We Need Diverse Books panel with Danielle Paige, Sona Charaipotra, IW Gregorio, Miranda Paul, Adam Silvera, Nicola Yoon, Francesca Zappia.

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ZEROBOXER Named A Junior Library Guild Selection

ZEROBOXER Named A Junior Library Guild Selection

ZEROBOXER was named a 2015 selection by the Junior Library Guild. This is awesome because the JLG picks only a few titles each season to recommend and promote to libraries around the country. Needless to say, I’m very happy and honored.

I’m particularly stoked by the way the JLG describes the book. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Genetically modified superhumans. High-stakes zero-gravity fighting championships. Earth/Mars political strife. Carr Luka, seventeen, trapped in the middle.

ALA Midwinter Panels and Signing

ALA Midwinter Panels and Signing

I will be at ALA Midwinter in Chicago, January 30-February 3, 2015. Here’s what I’ll be up to:

Saturday, 11am – We Need Diverse Books panel on the PopTop Stage, with members of WNDB and fellow 2015 debut authors

Saturday, 1pm – Signing session in the Flux booth

Saturday 3pm – Dark Fantasy & Science Fiction panel on the PopTop Stage, with an all-star cast of Auden D. Johnson, Ken Liu, and Sabaa Tahir. (does this not sound awesome?!)

More details HERE. 

Interview on Monkey Poop

No, I don’t actually know anything about simian feces. Children’s book author Amitha Knight interviews me on her blog, Monkey Poop, as part of her series on Asian American authors. Read it here.