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About Kelly Yang

Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of New From Here, the Front Desk series (including Front Desk, Three Keys, Room to Dream, and Key Player), Yes We Will, and young adult novels Parachutes and Private Label.

Front Desk is Kelly’s award-winning middle grade debut novel about a 10-year-old Chinese American immigrant girl who manages the front desk of a motel while her parents clean the rooms. Front Desk was awarded the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and named an Amazon Best Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a NPR Best Book of the Year, and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year. Her latest book is Finally Seen.

For more information, visit kellyyang.com