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#1 NYT bestselling author of the FRONT DESK series, FINALLY HEARD and other books | 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Lit

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Kelly Yang

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My daughter won’t stop asking me to get her a phone so…I wrote her a book! Introducing FINALLY HEARD, the most important book I’ve ever written…about finding the courage to be your true self in a digital world! 🙌📱📚Out in Feb! ❤️ #FinallyHeard @SimonKIDS #PreorderNow

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4 years

Recently, my alma mater Harvard Law School asked for a donation for my 15th reunion, a class I’ll always share with the guy who sexually assaulted me when I was a teenager and completely got away with it. THREAD

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I did move on. I moved away from law, having had my entire legal education hijacked bc of this experience. I started writing. I finally found the courage to write what happened to me in PARACHUTES, my YA debut about two girls navigating sexual misconduct, publishing on May 26.

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4 years

I am shaking. I went to the dog park to walk my dog. These people came very aggressively towards me (without a mask), called me an oriental & told me to go back to where I came from. I asked her to pls stop coming towards me, she wouldn’t stop, finally I had to get out my camera.

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4 years

While I can never get back those 3 years of law school, I hope that in telling my story, more schools will prioritize protecting the students, not the brand. I hope what happened to me serves as a cautionary tale for DeVos’s new rules on campus sexual assault.

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4 years

My full piece on Medium: Pls read + share & together, let’s make some noise! Our voice is our armor! 🙏💜📚🙌 #Parachutes #MeToo #TimesUp

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Harvard Law School Came After Me for Speaking Up About My Sexual Assault

How the Institution that Stands for Justice Failed Me and Justice | Why Secretary DeVos’s New Campus Sexual Assault Rules Will Gut #MeToo

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The day I was found “not guilty” was one of the most heart-wrenching days of my life. I was relieved; and gutted in my relief that the only justice I got for being sexually assaulted was I was allowed to keep the degree I earned. 😭😭

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The Harvard Law School “trial” required me to sit in a room w my attacker & listen for hours as he called me a liar — a traumatizing + soul-crushing cross examination process, which Secretary DeVos now wants to make mandatory on campuses, along w other devastating changes.

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4 years

It’s a part of my life that I wanted to keep buried forever because it filled me with such shame, not just the fact that I was sexually assaulted, but the fact that the faculty of Harvard Law School actually voted on whether to take away my degree for speaking up about it.

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I was only 18 when it happened, having skipped several grades, gone to college at 13, a first generation immigrant, a young woman of color who had overcome poverty & beaten the impossible odds to get in. The last thing I expected to happen to me at Harvard Law was sexual assault.

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If implemented, DeVos’s rules will make us go back to a system which in my opinion works against the victim. They will dilute the courage of so many women in coming forward + speaking out — myself included. They will make it THAT much harder for victims to seek and find justice.

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The days that followed were the darkest ever as I waited for the faculty to vote on whether to yank away my own diploma. The law school told me that I could make the whole thing go away if I just dropped the charges. But I refused to drop the charges. My voice was my armor.

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Still, I presented my evidence as best I could, including emails and health services records. In the end, Harvard Law School found my attacker not guilty. Then, the other shoe dropped: the university was now investigating me for “malicious prosecution.”

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When I told the school about it, Harvard Law School required me to write and sign a document saying I would not bring a criminal complaint with the police. I signed it, thinking that the institution that stands for justice would find justice on my behalf.

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1 year

Hey @Scholastic we need to talk… I need you to be brave. Love, Kelly Yang

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2 years

#BarnesAndNoble has suddenly decided NOT to carry KEY PLAYER, the 4th FRONT DESK book, coming out in 2 weeks! Here are the new details of their new “nationwide strategy”—only giving shelf space for Top 1-2 books per publisher! I am not Top enough, apparently! 😭 #FrontDeskSeries

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4 years

A faculty member actually came up to me afterwards and said, “Congratulations! You get to graduate! Let me give you a bit of advice. Move on!”

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Kelly Yang

4 years

Shout out to all the POC and immigrant custodians and workers out there sanitizing and cleaning during #coronavirus —I know firsthand what that’s like. It ain’t easy. Not everyone has the luxury to work from home. And I just wanna say, I see you. ❤️🧹🧺🧽 #COVID19

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1 year

Update: the doctor is making the dumplings!!! He just called me and asked what do I do w the vinegar again? I told him dipping sauce! My mom is now dancing bc her cooking lesson worked! 😋😋😋

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4 years

When someone won’t stop coming towards you during Covid, it is so frightening and hostile. 😭😭😭

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5 years

You guys, I just found my 3rd grade teacher!! And I wrote her an email: Dear Mrs. Bailey, You probably don’t remember me but you made a huge difference in my life. Every day when I walked into your class, you greeted me with the confidence in me I didn’t always have inside.

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4 years

My mom is going in for a very important test on Monday. One that will determine whether she has more than a year to live. She is the kindest, most selfless person I know. Please universe I am begging you. Don’t take my mom from me. Twitter, pls send her your positive vibes. 🙏❤️

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4 years

I am completely overwhelmed by all the responses! So many folks tweeting this also happened to them in school and when they spoke up about it, their school mishandled it. Thank you for speaking up! Tweet #MySchoolToo if you had a similar experience! Stronger together! 💪

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5 years

My son borrowed FRONT DESK from his school library. I asked him, “Why? We have so many copies!” He said, “Because I want to support you!” 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️📚📚📚

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1 year

FINALLY SEEN just debuted at #1 on the @nytimes Bestseller List and my heart is bursting with gratitude!!! Thank you to every person who picked up FINALLY SEEN, who came out to see me on tour, who cares about book banning and the right of every child to feel seen! 🥹❤️📚

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4 years

It’s my birthday today and I’m giving away five signed first edition copies of THREE KEYS, the sequel to FRONT DESK!!! Together, let’s #StandUpForWhatsRight ! THREE KEYS comes out in 2 weeks!!! 🔑🔑🔑❤️📚🛎 Pls like + RT to enter—US only. 🙌😘🥰🎂 #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #MiaTang

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4 years

At long last, after a 15 hr flight, 3 Covid tests, and 14 days quarantined in a hotel, I got to hug my mom again!!! She’s just had surgery in Hong Kong for pancreatic cancer and is still recovering. It feels SO good to be able to hold her again!!! 😭❤️💃🏻

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1 year

Happy National Library Week!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for libraries and librarians. You gave me hope when I was a kid. You gave me kindness when I was alone. You give me strength every day. I love you, I’m with you, and I celebrate you!!! ❤️📚🙌

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1 year

Everyone needs to watch this!!! Grace Linn, you are my hero! Thank you for your powerful voice, your bravery, and showing up with your truth! #Freadom #FinallySeen #StopBanningBooks

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3 years

Are you ready to go on vacation..with Mia Tang?? ❤️📚✈️So excited to announce the 3rd FRONT DESK book ROOM TO DREAM publishes this Fall!!! 🎉🥳🙌 After years of hard work, the Tangs & Hank finally go on vacation...to Beijing! Where Mia is reunited w her cousins! RT to win an ARC!

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2 years

I made it to the billboard!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 #YesWeWill #NYC @penguinkids

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3 years

I’m so emotional typing this because Lord knows it hasn’t been easy getting to this point, but today my mom got her (hopefully) final course of chemo! Can we give this amazing lady some love?? ❤️💃🏻💪 #SoProudOfMyMama #LoveYou

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1 year

Two books on the @nytimes Bestsellers List!!! 🥹🥹🥹 When I was growing up, there were no stories like FINALLY SEEN & NEW FROM HERE. NONE about kids who looked like me. We did not get to write them. So this week just means EVERYTHING!!! Thank you to all my readers —I love you!!❤️

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4 years

So excited to reveal the cover of THREE KEYS, my sequel to FRONT DESK, coming out in Sept!!! It’s an election year and Mia’s life is turned upside down when a new immigration law looms. At school, her entire class finds out she works + lives in a motel! Are u ready for 🔑🔑🔑?

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#DearJohnKelly I immigrated to this country with no English. I went on to go to college at 13 and Harvard Law School at 17. Now, my debut novel is about to be published. Pls don’t define value as a human by one’s English. If my 1st grade teacher had done that, I wouldn’t be here.

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It was our first day w our dog at that dog park. I want to admit that I didn’t have my dog on a leash bc I saw lots of dogs off leash and I didn’t know. This woman aggressively charged towards me and said can you read, you oriental?? I said I’m sorry, I did not see the signs

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5 years

My daughter told me she thinks blonde girls w blue eyes are more beautiful than her. 😭😭 It breaks my heart bc that’s how I felt when I was a kid. 💔I’m working as fast as I can to try & change that in the book world, but when are we gonna get more rep in children’s movies+TV?

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4 years

So a parent has filed a complaint w their school district for using FRONT DESK on the grounds that it is teaching anti-racism. The other parents emailed & asked me to respond. Here’s my response: Reading about the lived experiences of immigrants and people of color is important.

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3 years

Critical Race Theory is being weaponized to destroy books by POC, so our next generation won’t have windows and mirrors. It’s that simple. What’s it going to take to stop it? ALL OF US.

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4 years

This is not ok! Today I went on Instagram Live to give a free online writing class to teens to support the community during this time of #Covid19 #SchoolClosures and I got called a Chinese virus. In case there was any doubt that racism is happening against Asian Am, here it is.

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5 years

My hands are shaking and I can’t even process. All I know is I couldn’t have gotten here without YOU!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for picking up this book and welcoming me and Mia into your hearts!!! I AM CRYING!!!! 😭❤️📚🎉🛎🔑🛎 #FrontDesk #NYTBestseller @Scholastic

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My mom just got through Round 2 of chemo!!! Can she get some love?? 💪💃🏻 #GoMom #SoProudOfHer

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4 years

I immediately put my dog on a leash. Still, she wouldn’t stop coming towards me. I asked her to pls stop coming towards me. Then her husband starts coming over —the two of them are storming over without a mask—and says go back to where you came from. 😭😭😭

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1 year

We’re just a couple of banned authors having a blast in Texas together! 🤩🤩🤩 With my buddy @JerryCraft at #TXLA23 ❤️📚 #UniteAgainstBookBans #Freadom #FinallySeen #NewKid #FrontDeskSeries

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2 years

NEW FROM HERE is the #1 NYT Bestseller!!! I can’t even type, my hands are shaking! THANK YOU to all the librarians and teachers in my life who got me here!!! Who looked at me when I couldn’t speak English and dared to imagine one day I could sit at the top of this list!!!

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5 years

Meet Claire and Dani. Two girls who will change the way you look at privilege, power, relationships, family, and trauma. Forever. It took me 17 years to find the courage to write this book. And now... Parachutes drops May 26, 2020. Who’s ready??? #Parachutes #MeToo #DebutYA

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3 years

My mom just got vaccinated, finished six rounds of chemo, AND learned this Tik Tok dance. I mean....that’s the bar now. That’s where we’re at. 😅👯‍♀️🥳💃🏻🎉💪

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4 years

I just did my free online writing class on Instagram Live just now and there were some people calling me “Chinese Virus”. 😭😭😭 That’s not cool. It was really hurtful and distracting. I will be continuing my classes but pls guys, I’m begging u, STOP w the racism. 🙏❤️📚

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4 years

I’ll be doing another free online writing class for teens tomorrow! Tell your students to tune in to my Instagram Live ( @kellyyanghk ) for free writing classes every M/W/F from 12-12:30 PST/3pm EST! 🙏❤️✍️ I’ll be posting the videos on my website afterwards! Spread the word! 🙌

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Wearing her chemo bag, my mom signed papers yesterday to buy her first home in America, three decades after immigrating to this country. ❤️🏠🔑💃🏻😍🎉 #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #RoomToDream

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1 year

FINALLY SEEN is out today. It is the culmination of all my tears, fury, and joy these last few years. I hope you love it. Be loud. Be brave. Be seen. ❤️ #FinallySeen @simonkids

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4 years

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I am crying!!!!!!!!! 😭❤️📚🔑🔑🔑 #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #MiaTang

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3 years

YOU GUYS FRONT DESK JUST MADE THE NYT SERIES LIST!!! 🤩🎉🙌 Thank you to everyone who picked up ROOM TO DREAM and embraced this series about a 10 y/o Chinese immigrant girl managing the FRONT DESK of a motel! I love you!!! Also thank you @PlainedgeUFSD for banning this book. 😘

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4 years

STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT!!! 🙌 Three Keys, the sequel to FRONT DESK, publishes in Sept! 🔑🔑🔑 It's a book about the power of allyship! ❤️📚 Who wants this gorgeous poster of #THREEKEYS for their classroom?? Like and RT to enter!!! #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #StandUpForWhatsRight

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5 years

The news is out!!! There will be a FRONT DESK sequel releasing next year!!! 🎉❤️📚🛎🔑⭐️ #FrontDesk2 #alaac19 @Scholastic

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Big 📚news from #alaac19 ! @kellyyanghk just announced a sequel to her multi-award-winning novel, FRONT DESK! @MrSchuReads has the complete scoop and more at .

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5 years

FRONT DESK paperback is out TODAY!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Happy book birthday to our girl Mia!!! 🙌 To celebrate, I’m giving away 5 autographed copies of the paperback with the gold seal, pls RT & like to enter (US only)! ❤️📚🎉🔑🛎⭐️🏅 #FrontDesk @Scholastic

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2 years

I’m sorry I’m so emotional over this. But I’m terrified of what this means for marginalized authors. This industry is already SO hard, and to take away our shot before our books can even get out the gate, just feels so wrong. 😭😭😭

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4 years

As a child, my immigrant Chinese parents never gave me any Christmas presents, but one year—I’ll never forget it—the weeklies in the motel we were at got together & surprised me with an entire FRONT DESK of Christmas presents! It was the best Christmas ever!!! Happy holidays! ❤️

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4 years

Update: the teenager who said the racist remark on Instagram has reached out and apologized to me. Let’s continue doing our part to help the next generation to learn and reflect and grow during this critical time! ❤️📚I will be talking about the issue today in my Instagram Live!

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4 years

This is not ok! Today I went on Instagram Live to give a free online writing class to teens to support the community during this time of #Covid19 #SchoolClosures and I got called a Chinese virus. In case there was any doubt that racism is happening against Asian Am, here it is.

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4 years

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your well wishes. My mom got her results back. Her pancreatic cancer (likely Stage 3) has not yet spread everywhere, so she’s still eligible for surgery. She’s getting the Whipple on Wed. Fingers crossed for a smooth operation! 🙏❤️🤞

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4 years

My mom is going in for a very important test on Monday. One that will determine whether she has more than a year to live. She is the kindest, most selfless person I know. Please universe I am begging you. Don’t take my mom from me. Twitter, pls send her your positive vibes. 🙏❤️

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5 years

Most days writing is working from home in my pajamas. Today it’s going to Washington DC to receive the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature and the 2019 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book of the Year! ✈️❤️📚🏅 #DCBound #alaac2019 #FrontDesk

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4 years

My mom, a 67 year old Asian American, is hand sewing face masks to donate to hospitals. 😷❤️💪 #COVID19 #WeAreInThisTogether

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3 years

Today I returned to the spot where I used to sit every single day of the summer growing up. ❤️📚 We didn’t have enough money for vacation, but thanks to the incredible librarians of @Anaheim_Library I always journeyed through books! #SupportOurLibraries

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3 years

WOW...just wow. #NoWords #StopTheBan #FrontDesk

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2 years

I told my daughter to pack JUST THE ESSENTIALS for her 5 day trip. 🙄 #Kids #Packing

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11 months

Now I can die happy. 😍😍😍 #ALAAC2023

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2 years

I was terrified posting that video. I thought about what B&N can do to my future books…what they can do to my backlist. 😭 But then I thought about Mia Tang and asked myself what would Mia do…I knew Mia would not hesitate to speak out! That’s the courage I want to give to kids!

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Look what’s trending! Thank you to all the authors speaking up. Big hugs, @kellyyanghk ! Love the Mia Tang energy!!!

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5 years

Mia’s journey continues!!! Thrilled to announce THREE KEYS, my sequel to FRONT DESK, is coming out Sept 2020!!! 🔑🔑🔑 If you loved the first book, buckle up! This roller coaster of emotion is just getting started!!! ❤️📚🎉🛎🗝🎢🗽 #ThreeKeys #FrontDesk #Sept2020 @Scholastic

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4 years

@WMurphyLaw Wow. At the time, I really thought I was the only one. It wrecked me. 😭😭 Thank you so much for speaking up and sharing. Sending you so much love ❤️❤️❤️

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1 year

Don’t let the book banners rob your kids’ education! Support teachers and librarians on the front lines and SPEAK UP against book banning. My speech last night at the Somerville Theatre in Boston—in front of 400 people! 💪📚 #FinallySeen #Freadom #StopBanningBooks @SimonKIDS

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2 years

It’s my mom’s birthday today!!! This brave lady has had a HARD year battling pancreatic cancer, but she’s still going strong! Please join me in wishing her a happy birthday! 🥳 Love you Mom, I’m so proud of you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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2 years

I HAVE NEWS!!! I wrote a picture book about Asian American heroes because YES WE WILL celebrate our voices! Our contributions to this nation! YES WE WILL honor our ancestors! Share our stories and go for our dreams!!! 🎉❤️📚 #YesWeWill #AAPI #PictureBook @penguinrandom

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Cover Reveal: Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country by @kellyyanghk Design Credit: Mina Chung

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5 years

They say that children’s authors are people who can tap into their childhood feelings easily, usually because something profound happened to them when they were kids. For me, that something profound was you. ❤️📚🍎✏️

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5 years

DREAMS. DO. COME. TRUE. My heart is bursting—I want to thank the committee members of @ala_apala for recognizing immigrants, diversity and hope!!! Thank you to the librarians of this country who put a shiny award sticker on ALL books all day by recommending them to kids!

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5 years

NO WORDS 😭❤️📚🌟🎉🛎🔑

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A huge congratulations to @kellyyanghk ! ✨

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3 months

Welp. I didn’t hear a word anyone said at dinner last night. I was too busy watching this kid read. 😂 #FinallyHeard #OutNow

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I am currently writing my tenth novel. It is as hard as my first. It doesn’t get easier. But I show up. I put in the work. Every morning, I get to my computer and I hug the words. I can hate them later but for now, I hug and I carry on, bc that’s how books are written. With love.

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Kelly Yang

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After 1.5 years apart, our family separated on two continents because of the pandemic, yesterday my husband and I were reunited at long last! ❤️😭📚✈️🥳 Read our dramatic MG family story of separation, belonging, and love, in NEW FROM HERE, coming out in March! 🙌🥳

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Well, I thought when I went to college at 13, I would never ever get to have prom. This morning, thanks to these librarians, I finally got to have my prom night…at the public library! 🥺 #LibrariansAreSuperheroes #TXLA23 #NationalLibraryWeek @ALALibrary #UniteAgainstBookBans

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Kelly Yang

1 year

This is what bravery looks like!!! 👏❤️

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1 year

A bill that explicitly prohibits Illinois libraries from banning books is speeding its way toward passage by the General Assembly, and the Illinois Secretary of State said he wants “every librarian in the country to know we have their backs.”

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Should I get my mom to do an IG Live cooking lesson for us?? Who wants to learn how to make dumplings?

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Kelly Yang

4 years

High school English teachers! I’m going to be giving FREE writing classes online for teens on my Instagram Live @kellyyanghk at 12pm-12:30 PST, 3pm EST every M/W/F starting today! I’m gonna teach teens plot, character & how to write with power + emotion! Pls RT & tell ur kids! 🙏

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Kelly Yang

3 months

Who else came for Usher? 😂😂😂 #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow #Usher

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Kelly Yang

1 year

@judith_graham She was diagnosed two year ago with an extremely rare and aggressive type of pancreatic cancer. It was truly terrifying. He didn’t give up, and she’s still with us and doing amazing! Never give up!!!

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Kelly Yang

2 years

This morning, a 12 year old girl from Ukraine submitted her pandemic story to me right before fleeing the country with her family. 😭 It is my deepest honor to publish her story. Svitlana, I wish you safety and peace. Keep writing!!! ❤️ #NewFromHereStudentPandemicStory

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Kelly Yang

2 years

An email I got from a teacher: I have a student, a young girl who has had a hard start to life. For 15 minutes a day when we read FRONT DESK my student is transported to a place where she just might make it, because Mia did. 🥺🥺🥺

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Kelly Yang

9 months

At a time when teens are going through so much, it’s unfathomable to me to gut a YA section. Libraries are for everyone! I strongly urge the trustees of @HamiltonEastPL to move the books back!!! 🙏📚 #UniteAgainstBookBans #Freadom #PrivateLabel

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Three generations of strong immigrant women in Florida saying WE CAN’T BE BANNED! 💪❤️📚 #FinallySeen #JCLC22 #Freadom

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Hollywood writers just went to bat for us authors. 🥺 What are WE going to do to protect ourselves?? We should ALL be putting a clause in our contracts to prohibit the use of our writing to train AI! (To essentially replace us)

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Kelly Yang

1 year

But this is not just about money. I am deeply worried about where we are gonna go. Did u know that the WGA is fighting to make studios not buy AI source material? That may be our biggest protection if they win that, bc we authors don’t have ANYTHING protecting us from AI…

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Kelly Yang

4 years

But to understand, have empathy, affect change. I’m sorry I’m not able to respond more articulately right now as my mom is in the hospital, but it is my sincere hope that books like FRONT DESK and THREE KEYS give kids windows and mirrors...so the window to our future is BRIGHTER!

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Kelly Yang

2 years

Four years ago today, FRONT DESK was published. This little book changed my life and has allowed countless kids to see themselves represented in books. My heart is so full of love and gratitude. ❤️📚 #FrontDeskSeries #MiaTang

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Kelly Yang

1 year

“Never bet against a mom.” They got that right—THIS mom will NOT let them take away my child’s right to read! This mom will NOT let them gut libraries and erase people! 🙌 #UniteAgainstBookBans #RightToRead #Freadom

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CBS Sunday Morning 🌞

1 year

MORE: Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, founders of Moms for Liberty, whose members campaign to sit on school boards, have been proactive in getting fiction books that discuss race and racism, slavery, sex and gender identity, banned from school shelves.

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Kelly Yang

2 years

A reminder to all to #ShopIndie and if you don’t live near an indie, many of them can ship! My fav local indie is @ChildrensBW_LA ! They ship nationwide! If you order KEY PLAYER through them, I will sign it for you! ❤️📚

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Just got the email that we’re officially on strike! I stand with my fellow screenwriters in the #WGA ! The same existential threat for writers that’s happening in Hollywood is also happening in publishing, where we don’t have a union, and that’s truly terrifying.🧵

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Kelly Yang

1 year

FINALLY SEEN has been on the @nytimes bestseller list for 5 weeks!!! Take that @GovRonDeSantis ! You can try to ban my books, but you can never ban the will of the people! 💪❤️📚 #FinallySeen #BeLoud #BeBrave #BeSeen #Freadom

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Kelly Yang

3 years

This is the power of using our voice! Thanks to all of YOU, the FRONT DESK ban has been overturned! The kids will be able to finish reading the book! Thank you all for your love and support, and let’s vigilantly protect our right to read! ❤️📚🤓 #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #RoomToDream

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3 years

I just heard from the Superintendent, I can confirm that book will not be banned or removed from the library. The best part, my son will still have it as part of his curriculum. Thank you @kellyyanghk for getting the word out AND for writing a fantastic book.

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Kelly Yang

1 year

Be as loud as the people who want us to be quiet. 🙌 #FinallySeen #JCLC22

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Kelly Yang

2 years

Did you know that FRONT DESK was rejected by 19 publishers? Here’s what they had to say! 😅🙈 In the end, it took one YES from @chavelaque at @Scholastic to bring this modern classic to the world. Keep writing, keep believing! #FrontDeskSeries

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Kelly Yang

9 months

My YA novel PRIVATE LABEL has been moved from the teen section to the adult section at @HamiltonEastPL . This hurts as an author, but it hurts even more as a teenager—to literally be erased. PRIVATE LABEL is about an Asian American teenage girl whose mom is going thru cancer. To

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10 months

Another day, another library joins the #EdScare . Hamilton East Public Library in IN has shifted 1,300 YA/teen books to its general collection, gutting its dedicated shelves for teen/YA audiences. @johngreen Is just one of hundreds of authors impacted!

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Kelly Yang

8 months

11 people were responsible for 60% of the nation’s book bans, according to the Washington Post! 🤯😱 11 people—holding our schools and libraries hostage! #UniteAgainstBookBans #Freadom

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Kelly Yang

3 years

It’s my birthday today 🎉🎂🥳 and I’d love to give every teacher and librarian a virtual hug. It’s not easy being a teacher, as Mia Tang’s mom finds out in ROOM TO DREAM (out 9.21)! I wouldn’t be here without you. Your kindness, courage and determination inspire us all.

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