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DESCRIPTION:Kearny Street Workshop and the SFPL Main Teen Center present\n\nDiversity 
 in Young Adult Fiction:\nA reading, panel discussion, reception and book 
 signing featuring authors\nMalinda Lo, Cindy Pon, Gene Luen Yang and J.A. 
 Yang\n\nSaturday, May 7th\n3:00 – 5:00 pm\nFREE admission\n\nSan 
 Francisco Main Library\nLatino-Hispanic Room\n100 Larkin Street\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94102\n\nMeet four Asian American authors making 
 breakthroughs in young-adult fiction with their popular books and graphic 
 novels. Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo, two friendly writers, founded DIYA to 
 find other writers and readers from all walks of life who want to see more 
 diversity in young adult fiction. This event kicks off DIYA’s nationwide 
 tour. For further information, visit diversityinya.com.\n\nCindy Pon is the 
 author of Silver Phoenix (Greenwillow, 2009), which was named one of the 
 Top Ten Fantasy and Science Fiction Books for Youth by the American Library 
 Association’s Booklist, and one of 2009′s best Fantasy, Science Fiction 
 and Horror by VOYA. The sequel to Silver Phoenix, titled Fury of the 
 Phoenix, will be published in April 2011. cindypon.com\n\nMalinda Lo is the 
 author of Ash (Little, Brown, 2009), which was a finalist for the William 
 C. Morris YA Debut Award, and named one of the Kirkus Best Young Adult 
 Novels of 2009. A companion novel to Ash, titled Huntress, will be 
 published in April 2011. malindalo.com\n\nGene Luen Yang began 
 self-publishing comic books in 1996. In 1997, he got the Xeric Grant for 
 Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks. Since then he has written and 
 drawn a number of stories in comics. American Born Chinese, released by 
 First Second Books in 2006, became the first graphic novel to be nominated 
 for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library 
 Association’s Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic 
 Album – New. The Eternal Smile, a collaborative project with Derek Kirk 
 Kim in 2009, won an Eisner for Best Short story. In addition to cartooning, 
 Gene teaches computer science at a Catholic high school in California. 
 humblecomics.com\n\nJ.A.Yang has slummed it in the valley with the 
 Wakefield twins; slumber partied with Huey, Dewey and Louie; joined Krakow 
 in stalking Angela; and climbed every mountain with the Von Trapps. He is 
 the author of Exclusively Chloe. He lives online at 
 jonyang.org.\n\nSponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural 
 Center\n\nCommunity Partners:\n\nOakland Asian Cultural Center\nPhilippine 
 American Writers Association\n\nBooks available for sale from Eastwind 
 Books\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/12/18676967.php
SUMMARY:Diversity in Young Adult Fiction
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library\nLatino-Hispanic Room\n100 Larkin Street\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/12/18676967.php
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