But unlike them-two model Asian American children who earned law and medical degrees before selling their Young Adult (YA) novels to big-time publishers-my path was a little more meandering. Lydia Kang and Ellen Oh were also that kid. The kids who escaped their lives in piles of lovingly thumbed-through books. Scratch the surface of every author, especially those who write for children, and you’ll find a former child booknerd. And their stories are, well, just the kick in the pants we needed in our soporific, eggnog induced haze. In this essay, Goo writes about Lydia Kang and Ellen Oh’s road to young adult author-dom after successful careers in law and medicine. is one of our favorite Asian American Books of 2013. That said, we’re ecstatic to be able to feature an essay by one of our favorite young adult novelists and Hyphen books section contributor, Maurene Goo. Not that we don’t take joy in the procurement of wireless electronics, but we at the Hyphen books section are happy to inject a bit of intellectualism into the season. It’s the time of year again: The jalapeno lights are twinkling, the plastic reindeer are mid-run on lawns all over America, and the best gifts under fifty dollars are wireless and involve artisanal vinegar.
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