Kao Kalia Yang is author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir , winner of Minnesota Book Awards in both Creative Nonfiction/Memoir and Reader\'s Choice, and a finalist for the PEN USA Award in Creative Nonfiction as well as the Asian Literary Award in Nonfiction.
This is his first book..
Billy Thao is a Hmong American artist who was born and raised in Minnesota.
The Shared Room , illustrated by Xee Reiter, was published by Minnesota in 2020.
Her first children\'s book, A Map into the World , is an ALA Notable Book, a Charlotte Zolotow Book Award honoree, and a winner of the Minnesota Book Award in Children\'s Literature.
Her second book, The Song Poet , won a Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the PEN USA Award in Nonfiction, and the Dayton\'s Literary Peace Prize.
Kao Kalia Yang is author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir , winner of Minnesota Book Awards in both Creative Nonfiction/Memoir and Reader\'s Choice, and a finalist for the PEN USA Award in Creative Nonfiction as well as the Asian Literary Award in Nonfiction
