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Gene Luen Yang
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American cartoonist and author who lectures on graphic novels and comics, teaches computer science and writing, and serves in university and library education roles.
Biography
Born August 9, 1973, Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist and author. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, speaking at comic book conventions as well as universities, schools, and libraries.
Yang served as Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California. In 2012 he joined the Hamline University faculty as part of the Low-Residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. In 2016 the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and he received a MacArthur Fellowship that year, one of the first graphic novelists so honored.
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Books by Gene Luen Yang
Level up
Level Up follows Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, who becomes obsessed with video games after his strict father's death but ultimately recognizes his father's sacrifices and chooses a nobler path.