About this Event
Come see Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu in conversation with Nicole Chen at Hicklebee's for Indie Bookstore Day!
LILY LAMOTTE is the debut author of the middle grade graphic novel Measuring Up from HarperCollins/HarperAlley and her debut picture book Chloe’s Lunar New Year. Her next middle grade graphic novel Unhappy Camper is forthcoming from HarperAlley on April 23, 2024.
When she isn’t writing, she cooks up new recipes, and explores new crafts. She also loves to load up the campervan for a writers retreat camping trip with her husband and her dog.
She is a graduate of Hamline’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She’s passionate about libraries and serves on the King County Library System Foundation Board. She also supported writers through her many roles on the SCBWI Western WA Advisory Board.
Lily is repped by Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency for books and by Mary Pender at UTA for Film and Television.
ANN XU is an Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator working in Baltimore. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. Her graphic novel work includes Shadow Life and Measuring Up.
NICOLE CHEN writes books celebrating the diversity reflected in families all over the world. Her experience growing up Taiwanese American, combined with the Catalan and Spanish influences in her home now, fuels her desire to tell stories that reflect a multicultural American identity. Nicole lives in Menlo Park, California with her Andorran husband and their young daughter. Her debut picture book, How We Say I Love You, published in Fall 2022 with Knopf. It's Boba Time for Pearl Li! is her first novel.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hicklebee's Childrens Books, 1378 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 18.99