Kelly Yang

PARACHUTES

Kelly Yang is an Asian American New York Times bestselling author and writer of young adult and children’s literature. She won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and the 2018 Parents’ Choice Gold Medal for Fiction for her book FRONT DESK, a book based on her experiences as a 10-year-old working at her family’s motel business. Her latest book is now available wherever books are sold. 

XO chats with Kelly about her newest literary endeavor — PARACHUTES. Take a listen.




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