ABOUT MINH
Minh Lê is the author of the picture books Lift (Eisner Award nominee) and Drawn Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), Let Me Finish! (named an NPR Best Book of 2016), and The Perfect Seat (all published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers). He also wrote Green Lantern: Legacy, a middle grade graphic novel for DC Comics. He also serves on the Board of We Need Diverse Books and has written for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Horn Book, NPR, and HuffPost. During the day, he is a federal early childhood policy expert who has worked in education at the national, state, and local level -- both in and out of the classroom. He got his bachelor's in Psychology from Dartmouth College and received a master's in Ed Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Outside of spending time with his wonderful wife and children at their home in San Diego, his favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book