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Laurence Yep

His Biography:

I was born in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1948, but grew up in a black neighborhood. During elementary and middle school, I commuted to a bilingual school in Chinatown. So I did not confront white American culture until high school. Approaching that culture as an outsider, I have been fascinated by all its aspects – from its great novels to its children’s literature, comic art, and science fiction. Thus, I am able to pursue the figure of the “stranger” both in my studies and my writing.

While I was in high school, I discovered and began writing science fiction. At 18, my first short story was published – I was paid a penny a word by a science fiction magazine. I continued to write and five years later I published my first novel, Sweetwater.

In 1966, I attended Marquette University and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970. I received my doctorate in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where I wrote my dissertation on William Faulkner’s early novels. I now live in San

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Laurence Yep Biography

Laurence Yep

novelist
Born: 6/14/1948
Birthplace: San Francisco

Yep has won several awards for his novels for young adults. His books often deal with alienation, drawing on his own experiences as an outsider. Yep was born and raised in a black neighborhood and educated in San Francisco's Chinatown, although he didn't speak Chinese. He didn't truly experience American culture until high school.

As a high school student Yep began writing science fiction. He published his first short story in a science fiction magazine at age 18, and his first novel, Sweetwater, at age 23. He is best known for Dragonwings, (1975) about a boy who leaves China to live with his father in San Francisco. The novel was selected as a 1976 Newbery Honor book and won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction. It remains one of the most acclaimed books in children's literature. His other works include Child of the Owl (1977), which also won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction, the fantasy tale The Imp That Ate My Homework (1998), and Dragon's Gate

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Yep, Laurence 1948-

(Laurence Michael Yep)

Personal

Born June 14, 1948, in San Francisco, CA; son of Thomas Gim (a postal clerk) and Franche (a homemaker) Yep; married Joanne Ryder. Education: Attended Marquette University, 1966-68; University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., 1970; State University of New York at Buffalo, Ph.D., 1975.

Addresses

Home—921 Populus Place, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Agent—Maureen Walters, Curtis Brown Agency, 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003.

Career

Writer. Part-time instructor of English at Foothill College, Mountain View, CA, 1975, and San Jose City College, San Jose, CA, 1975-76; University of California, Berkeley, visiting lecturer in Asian-American studies, 1987-89, University of California, Santa Barbara, writer-in-residence, 1990. Writer of software for Spinnaker, including Alice in Wonderland, 1985, and Jungle Book, 1986.

Member

Science Fiction Writers of America, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Awards, Honors

Newbery Honor Book award, Children's Book Award from American Library Association, Internationa