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Laurence Yep (葉祥添, born June 14 , 1948 ) is an award-winning Chinese American modern Author . Born as Laurence Michael Yep in San Francisco, California , he was the youngest child of his family. Often, he felt torn between both United States and Chinese Culture , and expressed this in many of his books. His first writing was done in High School , for a Science Fiction Magazine . He eventually earned a Ph.D in English and thus began his writing career. The most notable of his books is a series called the ''Golden Mountain Chronicles'', which documents the story of the fictional Young family from 1894 , in China , to 1995 , in America . He won a Newberry Medal for Dragon's Gate and Dragonwings. Other noted are the ''Dragon of the Lost Sea'' Fantasies, and ''The Chinatown Mysteries.'' BIBLIOGRAPHY ''Golden Mountain Chronicles'', in chronological order # The Adventures of Prashant Singh and his Sidekick Angel Sun # The Serpent's Children # Mountain Light # Dragon's Gate ( Newbery Medal ) # The Traitor # Dragonwings (Newbery Medal) # The Red Warrior (yet to be released) # Child of the Owl # Sea Glass # Thief of Hearts ''Dragon of the Lost Sea'' fantasies # Dragon of the Lost Sea # Dragon Steel # Dragon Cauldron # Dragon War ''Chinatown Mysteries'' # The Case of the Goblin Pearls # The Case of the Lion Dancer # The Case of the Firecrakers '' Star Trek novel'' # Shadow Lord ''The Tiger's Apprentice'' # The Tiger's Apprentice # Tiger's Blood ''Ribbons (untitled group of books) # Ribbons # The Cook's Family # The Amah # Angelfish ''Later, Gator (untitled group of books)'' # Later, Gator # Cockroach Cooties # Skunk Scout ''Other books'' # Tongues of Jade # The Rainbow People # Sweet Water # Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South (part of the Royal Diaries series) # Spring Pearl: The Last Flower |
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