About the Author
Tae Keller is the Newbery award winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of When You Trap a Tiger, Jennifer Chan is Not Alone, and The Science of Breakable Things, among others.
She grew up in Waipahu, Hawaii, where she subsisted on purple rice, sun, and stories. Now, she lives in Seattle with her husband, her dog, and a multitude of books.
Longer Bio
Tae Keller is the Newbery award winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children. Her middle grade books include When You Trap a Tiger, Jennifer Chan is Not Alone, and The Science of Breakable Things. She is also the author of the nonfiction picture book We Carry the Sun, and the elementary fantasy adventure series, Mihi Ever After.
In addition to the Newbery, she is the recipient of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor, and the Washington State Book Award. She has received over a dozen starred reviews, and her books have been translated into fifteen languages.
She grew up in Waipahu, Hawaii, where she subsisted on purple rice, sun, and stories. Now, she lives in Seattle with her husband and her dog, a Jack Russell-Italian Greyhound named Butter. In the winters, she ventures into Minnesota’s negative degree weather to teach creative writing at Hamline University’s MFAC program .
A Seasonal Love Letter
When I was younger, I loved sending long emails to my friends and family. There was something so personal, so safe about letter writing. But as I got older, email became about logistics—a quick way to convey information, make a request, schedule a meeting.
I missed the love letters. I missed telling stories. So I started this seasonal newsletter.
Since then, I’ve written about perfectionism, and Marie Kondo, and being biracial, and about that one time, when my mother ate my imaginary friend. In turn, readers have replied with their own stories.
If you’re like me and you miss those long letters, please subscribe. In addition to stories about writing and creativity, I also send book recommendations, release updates, and giveaways.