Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang (; born August 9, 1973) is an American
cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of
graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught
computer science at
Bishop O'Dowd High School in
Oakland, California. In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at
Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S.
Library of Congress named him
Ambassador for Young People's Literature. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside
Lauren Redniss, to receive a
MacArthur Fellowship.
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