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Laurence Yep


(Laurence Michael Yep)
USA flag (b.1948)

Laurence Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, was graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Yep now lives in Pacific Grove, California.

One of children's literature's most respected Asian American authors, Mr. Yep has written many novels, including Dragonwings, a Newbery Honor Book of 1976, and Dragon's Gate, a Newbery Honor Book of 1994. He is also the author of When the Circus Came to Town; The Imp That Ate My Homework, winner of the Georgia Children's Book Award; and The Magic Paintbrush.

The author of numerous other books for children and young adults, Mr. Yep has also taught creative writing and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. In 1990 he received an NEA fellowship in fiction.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
Series
Golden Mountain Chronicles
   Dragonwings (1975)
   Child of the Owl (1977)
   Sea Glass (1979)
   The Serpent's Children (1984)
   Mountain Light (1985)
   Dragon's Gate (1993)
   The Traitor: 1885 (2003)
   Dragon Road (2008)
   Dragons of Silk (2011)
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Dragons of the Sea
   Dragon of the Lost Sea (1982)
   Dragon Steel (1985)
   Dragon Cauldron (1991)
   Dragon War (1992)
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Tiger's Apprentice
   1. The Tiger's Apprentice (2003)
   2. Tiger's Blood (2005)
   3. Tiger Magic (2006)
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City Trilogy
   1. City of Fire (2009)
   2. City of Ice (2011)
   3. City of Death (2013)
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Novels
   Sweetwater (1973)
   Seademons (1977)
   Kind Hearts and Gentle Monsters (1982)
   The Mark Twain Murders (1982)
   Liar, Liar (1983)
   The Tom Sawyer Fires (1984)
   Monster Makers Inc (1986)
   The Curse of the Squirrel (1987)
   The Star Fisher (1991)
   The Ghost Fox (1994)
   Thief of Hearts (1995)
   Hiroshima (1995)
   Later, Gator (1995)
   Ribbons (1996)
   The Imp That Ate My Homework (1998)
   The Cook's Family (1998)
   The Amah (1999)
   The Magic Paintbrush (2000)
   Dream Soul (2000)
   Angelfish (2001)
   Lady of Ch'iao Kuo (2001)
   Skunk Scout (2001)
   When the Circus Came to Town (2001)
   Spring Pearl : The Last Flower (2002)
   The Earth Dragon Awakes (2006)
   Bravo, Mia! (2008)
   The Dragon's Child (2008) (with Dr Kathleen S Yep)
   The Star Maker (2010)
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Collections
   The Rainbow People (1989)
   Tongues of Jade (1991)
   Tree of Dreams (1995)
   Cockroach Cooties (2000)
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Anthologies edited
   American Dragons (1993)
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Series contributed to
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My Name Is America
   The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung (2000)
     aka Staking a Claim
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Laurence Yep
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Quark 2 (1971)
edited by
Samuel R Delany and Marilyn Hacker
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World's Best Science Fiction 1969 (1969)
(World's Best Science Fiction, book 5)
edited by
Terry Carr and Donald A Wollheim

Awards
Newbery Medal Best Novel nominee (1994) : Dragon's Gate: 1876


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