Laurence Michael Yep
ABOUT LAURENCE MICHAEL YEP
Children's author who won the 2005 biennial Laural Ingalls Wilder Medal for his additions to children's literature.
He experienced feelings of isolation and loneliness while growing up as an Asian-American in an African American neighborhood of San Francisco.
He became a runner up for the Newbery Medal for his novels Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate.
His parents names are Yep Gim Lew and Franche.
Another Asian-American writer who lived in San Francisco is Andrew Lam .
