From the Tops of the Trees

Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong-American writer. She is the author of the adult memoirs The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, The Song Poet, and Somewhere in the Unknown World. Yang is also the author of the children's books A Map Into the World, The Shared Room, The Most Beautiful Thing, and Yang Warriors. Yang is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, and her work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the PEN USA literary awards, the Dayton's Literary Peace Prize, the American Library Association, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and garnered four Minnesota Book Awards. Kao Kalia Yang lives in Minnesota with her family, and teaches and speaks across the nation.

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Kao Kalia Yang es una escritora hmong-estadounidense. Es autora de las memorias para adultos The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, The Song Poet y Somewhere in the Unknown World. Yang también es autora de los libros infantiles A Map Into the World, The Shared Room, The Most Beautiful Thing y Yang Warriors. Yang es becaria Guggenheim 2023 y su trabajo ha sido reconocido por el National Endowment for the Arts, el National Book Critics Circle Award, el Chautauqua Prize, los premios literarios PEN USA, el Dayton's Literary Peace Prize, la American Library Association, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, el Heartland Bookseller's Award y ha obtenido cuatro Minnesota Book Awards. Kao Kalia Yang vive en Minnesota con su familia, y enseña y habla en todo el país.