View Gene Luen Yang PNG. Gene yang began drawing comic books in the fifth grade. Gene luen yang is an american comic artist and writer whose graphic novel american born chinese was a 2006 finalist for the national book award in the young people's literature category, the first graphic novel to be nominated for a national book award.

Gene luen yang is currently serving as the library of congress' fifth national ambassador for young people's literature. Get the latest news and updates on gene luen yang. In a booklist interview, yang explained his initial.

Gene luen yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.

His 2006 book american born chinese was the first graphic novel to be. It's kind of crazy it was even a book in the first place. Gene luen yang is an educator and a graphic novelist. American born chinese, his first graphic novel from first second books, was a national book award finalist.