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Lisa Yee has been an inventor, a hand model, and the creative director of Magic Pencil Studios, a strategic creative company. She’s led brainstorming sessions for everyone from farmers to bankers, and Lisa’s even been part of the Official Olympic Committee Torch Run Caravan (until the police requested that she leave). She has also been paid to eat chocolate.

But what Lisa likes doing most is writing. Her writing assignments have included labels for cans of refried beans and a speech for the President of the United States. Plus, she’s penned her own newspaper entertainment column, written TV and radio commercials, menus that have been read by millions, jingles for waffles, and television specials for Disney.

With the publication of Millicent Min: Girl Genius, Lisa realized her lifelong dream of becoming an author. It was the winner of the prestigious Sid Fleishman Humor Award.  Next, she published Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, which takes place during the same summer as Millicent Min, but from Stanford's point of view.  It won the Chinese American Librarian Association Best Book of the Year Award and was named an ALA Notable Book. So Totally Emily Ebers rounds out the trilogy.   

Her latest book, Absolutely Maybe, is her first young adult title.  "The book began with the title Charm School Dropout," says Lisa. "I was curious about what it would be like to be the goth-ish tomboy daughter of a diva-esque ex-beauty queen.  But as I started writing, the story evolved and became more complex and deeper in scope than I had first anticipated.  It also changed from a lighter, middle-grade novel to a darker, though still humorous, YA novel."

Lisa Yee lives in South Pasadena, California with her husband, Scott, and their two children, Benny and Kait. For more information about Lisa, please visit www.lisayee.com

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  So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee Lisa Yee charmed audiences with the hilarious "Millicent Min, Girl Genius" and revealed another side of the story in "Stanford Wong Flunks Big -Time". Now readers can meet Millie's best friend and Stanford's big crush! After her parents' divorce, Emily had to move to California with her mom. Now she writes letters to her rock-star dad about travel ("How did the pioneers do it? Did they have to ride with their mothers? "), her new friends, and how much she misses him - though she does still have his credit card. . . . Emily Ebers may be starting over, but she's going to come out on top. $5.99 books;paperback books;paperbacks | Ages 9-12

  
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  	Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee In a hilarious sequel to Millicent Minn, Girl Genius, Stanford must forego celebrity basketball camp for summer school and afternoon tutoring with Millicent. Soon the former adversaries grudgingly discover that they have much in common, as they help each other through messy predicaments. $5.99 Paperback Book | Grades 6-9

  
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