BGuthrie Photos: Gaithersburg Book Festival (2015) -- Ellen Oh, Tracey Baptiste, Gene Luen Yang, Aisha Saeed

Gaithersburg Book Festival (2015) -- Ellen Oh, Tracey Baptiste, Gene Luen Yang, Aisha Saeed:

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Description of Pictures: We Need Diverse Books

King by Ellen Oh:
Originally from New York City, author Ellen Oh is co-founder and president of WeNeedDiverseBooks. She also is an adjunct college instructor and former entertainment lawyer with an insatiable curiosity for ancient Asian history. Ellen loves martial arts films, K-pop, K-dramas, cooking shows and is a rabid fan of The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra series. She is the author of the young adult fantasy trilogy, The Prophecy Series. Ellen lives in Bethesda, Md., with her husband and three daughters and has yet to satisfy her quest for a decent bagel.

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste:
Tracey Baptiste was born in Trinidad where she grew up on jumbie stories and fairy tales. She decided to be a writer at the wise old age of three. Her debut, a young adult novel titled "Angel's Grace," was named one of the 100 best books for reading and sharing by New York City librarians. Her second young adult novel, "The Jumbies," is due out this spring. Tracey is a former teacher, textbook editor and amateur librarian who once started up a library in her house in the hope that everyone would bring their books back late and she would be rich. You know, like other librarians. She is now a wife and mom and lives in New Jersey.

The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang:
Gene Luen Yang is the author of "American Born Chinese," the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the ALA’s Printz Award. "Boxers & Saints," about the Boxer Rebellion, was nominated for a National Book Award and won the L.A. Times Book Prize. Gene has done a number of other graphic novels, including the comics continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender." In addition to cartooning, he also teaches high school computer science, as well as creative writing through Hamline University. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed:
Aisha Saeed is an author, attorney, educator and maker and drinker of chai. She is also one of the founding members of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign. While Aisha loves writing about a variety of topics, her main passion lies in channeling her inner teen. Her debut YA novel, "Written in the Stars," was published in March. She has been blogging for more than a decade and her writing has also appeared in places such as The Orlando Sentinel, BlogHer, Muslim Girl Magazine and Red Tricycle. She is also a contributing author to the anthology "Love Inshallah." When Aisha isn’t writing or chasing her two little boys, you can find her reading, baking, doodling henna patterns, or daydreaming about eight consecutive hours of sleep. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. DIVERS_150516_06.JPG: (left to right) Ellen Oh, Aisha Saeed, Tracey Baptiste, and Gene Luen Yang
2. DIVERS_150516_21.JPG: Aisha Saeed and Tracey Baptiste
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4. DIVERS_150516_26.JPG: Ellen Oh
5. DIVERS_150516_32.JPG: Gene Luen Yang
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Featured Folk: Some of the people here can also be seen on other pages on this site.
- Baptiste, Tracey appears on:
  - 2023_MD_GBF_MKTB_230520 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Michelle Knudsen, Tracey Baptiste
  - 2023_MD_GBF_Reception_230519 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
  - 2015_MD_GBF_Baptiste_150516 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2015) -- Tracey Baptiste ("The Jumbies")
- Oh, Ellen appears on:
  - 2024_01_10B1_LunarNewYr Politics & Prose -- Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham ("Lunar New Year Love Story") w/Ellen Oh
  - 2023_MD_GBF_SDWSEO_230520 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Sayantani DasGupta, Wendy Shang, Ellen C. Oh
  - 2023_MD_GBF_Reception_230519 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2023) -- Author Reception @ Asbury Methodist Village
  - 2022_MD_Le_220628 Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Minh Lê ("The Blur")
  - 2022_DC_ALA_Authors American Library Association 2022 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Authors
  - 2019_MD_GBF_Tan_190518 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Susan Tan ("Cilla Lee-Jenkins") (In conversation with Ellen Oh)
  - 2019_MD_GBF_CHWHEO_190518 Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Cheryl Hudson, Wade Hudson, Ellen Oh
  - 2017_DC_NBF_EO_MM_170902 Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Ellen Oh and Meg Medina
- Yang, Gene Luen appears on:
  - 2024_01_10B1_LunarNewYr Politics & Prose -- Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham ("Lunar New Year Love Story") w/Ellen Oh
  - 2022_MD_BCC_Ringo2_221029 Baltimore Comic-Con (2022) -- Ringo Awards: Ceremony and Afterwards
  - 2022_MD_BCC_Ringo1_221029 Baltimore Comic-Con (2022) -- Ringo Awards: Pre-Ceremony Reception and Dinner
  - 2022_MD_BCCA Baltimore Comic-Con (2022) -- Artists
  - 2017_DC_NBF_ML_AT_170902 Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Mike Lester and Ann Telnaes (w/Michael Cavna, Gene Yang, then Roz Chast)
  - 2017_DC_NBF_Yang_170902 Natl Book Festival 2017 -- Gene Luen Yang (w/Michael Cavna, then Mike Lester and Ann Telnaes)
  - 2016_DC_NBF_Yang_160924 Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Gene Luen Yang
  - 2016_CA_SDCCA San Diego Comic-Con International (2016) -- Artists
  - 2016_DC_Yang_160107 Library of Congress -- Ceremony: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature: Gene Luen Yang
  - 2015_CA_SDCCA San Diego Comic-Con International (2015) -- Artists
  - ...More (List all 15 pages with this person)...
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