Gene Luen Yang, the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of the modern classic American Born Chinese (recently adapted by Disney+), will be on campus at SJSU on October 25.
Yang will receive the 2024 John Steinbeck Award after having a craft conversation about visual storytelling with Mark Siegel, the founder and Creative and Editorial Director of First Second Books (the esteemed graphic novel imprint of MacMillian). The two authors will discuss Yang’s storied career, including his beginnings, his runs writing Avatar the Last Airbender, Boxers & Saints, and Dragon Hoops, and his work in memoir and original comics, including 2024’s Lunar New Year Love Story (Co-written with LeUyen Pham).
This event will include a free book giveaway for the first 100 in-person attendees.
Get free tickets at the link.
Student Union Theater Courtyard
149-157 South 9th Street San Jose, CA 95112
