![]() All of my books have dealt with the outsider – from the aliens of Sweetwater to alienated heroes such as the Chinese-American aviator in Dragonwings. His notable non-Star Trek novels include the Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon mysteries and the Chinatown Mysteries. 1) Child of the Owl Cockroach Cooties Dragon of the Lost Sea Dragonwings. Probably the reason why much of my writing has found its way to a teenage audience is that I’m always pursuing the theme of being an outsider – an alien – and many teenagers feel they’re aliens. Breadcrumb Books by this author Case of the Goblin Pearls (Chinatown Mystery, No. ![]() In 2005 the American Librarian Association awarded Yep the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, notably for Dragonwings, The Rainbow People, The Khan's Daughter, and the autobiographical The Lost Garden. ![]() I now live in San Francisco with my wife, Joanne Ryder, and write and teach. He is best known for the 10-book Golden Mountain Chronicles Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate were both Newbery Honor books. 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. Laurence Yep Child of the Owl: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1965 Paperback by Laurence Yep (Author) 4.3 41 ratings Part of: Golden Mountain Chronicles (9 books) See all formats and editions Hardcover 1.50 14 Used from 1.50 2 New from 42.04 2 Collectible from 26. In 1966, I attended Marquette University and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970. A Dragons Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans The Tigers Apprentice: Book One Ribbons by Yep, Laurence (1997) Mass Market Paperback Dragons Gate: A. I continued to write and five years later I published my first novel, Sweetwater. At 18, my first short story was published – I was paid a penny a word by a science fiction magazine. While I was in high school, I discovered and began writing science fiction. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Thus, I am able to pursue the figure of the “stranger” both in my studies and my writing. 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. So I did not confront white American culture until high school. During elementary and middle school, I commuted to a bilingual school in Chinatown. I was born in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1948, but grew up in a black neighborhood.
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