Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Katie Yamasaki

    Katie Yamasaki is an illustrator, author, muralist, fine artist, and teaching artist. Growing up in the “car culture” of Detroit, Yamasaki had an immediate connection to Honda’s story. Yamasaki comes...
  • Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney

    Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She currently teaches Reading Education at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is the author of many children’s books. Margaret remembers how...
  • Ching Yeung Russell

    Ching Russell grew up in mainland China and Hong Kong. She began writing letters for her relatives at the age of eight and was inspired to become a writer by...
  • A photo of Paula Yoo, author of Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds.
    Paula Yoo

    Paula Yoo is an author and screenwriter whose children’s books for Lee & Low include Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Shining Star, and several titles in the Confetti Kids series....
  • Russell Young

    Russell Young is a professor of multicultural education and Asian studies. He has lived in Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This is his first story published in America. The name...
  • Ed Young

    Ed Young was one of the most versatile and highly honored illustrators of children’s books of his time. He won numerous awards for his illustrations, including the Caldecott Medal in...
  • SD Youngwolf

    SD Youngwolf, an enrolled citizen of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Tribe, is an award-winning fine artist, mask maker, and storyteller. A former art educator in Oklahoma, Utah, and Arkansas, he is...