Gene Luen Yang

Gene Luen Yang Chinese 楊謹倫 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 ODowd High School in Oakland California In 2012 Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the LowResidency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults MFAC program In 2016 the US Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature That year he became the third graphic novelist alongside Lauren Redniss to receive a MacArthur Fellowship Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Luen Yang licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia