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Laurence Yep

Author of Dragonwings

Includes the names: Luarance Yep, Lawrence Yep, YEP LAURENCE, Yep Laurencea

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Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1948. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970 and received a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited several works for adults. His first novel, Sweetwater, was published in 1973. His other books include Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate, Shadow Lord, Child of the Owl, The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island. He has won numerous awards for his work including the Newbery Medal Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Dragonwings… (more)
Dragonwings 2,279 copies, 31 reviews
Dragon's Gate 1,471 copies, 15 reviews
The Star Fisher 850 copies, 10 reviews
Hiroshima 789 copies, 7 reviews
Isabelle 520 copies, 3 reviews
Shadow Lord 445 copies, 4 reviews
Child of the Owl 445 copies, 8 reviews
Dragon of the Lost Sea 383 copies, 3 reviews
Mia 374 copies, 5 reviews
Cockroach Cooties 351 copies, 2 reviews
The Rainbow People 290 copies, 3 reviews
Later, Gator 255 copies, 3 reviews
Dragon Steel 185 copies
Designs by Isabelle 181 copies, 4 reviews
The Tiger's Apprentice 175 copies, 3 reviews
When the Circus Came to Town 175 copies, 1 review
The Lost Garden 161 copies, 4 reviews
Dragon Cauldron 156 copies, 1 review
The Serpent's Children 153 copies, 5 reviews
To the Stars, Isabelle 147 copies, 1 review
Dragon War 144 copies
Ribbons 127 copies
The Traitor 124 copies, 1 review
City of Fire 122 copies, 10 reviews
Bravo, Mia! 112 copies, 3 reviews
Thief of Hearts 111 copies, 1 review
The Man Who Tricked A Ghost 101 copies, 1 review
Mountain Light 94 copies, 1 review
Sweetwater 86 copies, 1 review
Dream Soul 85 copies, 1 review
The Magic Paintbrush 82 copies, 1 review
City of Dragons 77 copies, 5 reviews
The Amah 72 copies, 1 review
Dragon Road 71 copies, 7 reviews
Angelfish 71 copies, 1 review
Sea Glass 63 copies, 2 reviews
The Case of the Lion Dance 61 copies, 1 review
Tiger's Blood 59 copies
Dragons of Silk 56 copies, 2 reviews
The Ghost Fox 53 copies
Tiger Woman 44 copies, 2 reviews
Tiger Magic 41 copies, 1 review
City of Ice 41 copies, 2 reviews
Tongues of Jade 38 copies
The Star Maker 38 copies, 4 reviews
The Case of the Firecrackers 37 copies, 3 reviews
Seademons 34 copies
The Curse of the Squirrel 31 copies, 1 review
The Butterfly Boy 25 copies, 1 review
Auntie Tiger 24 copies, 4 reviews
City of Death 23 copies, 1 review
Liar, Liar 15 copies, 1 review
The Mark Twain Murders 11 copies, 1 review
Breaker's Bridge 2 copies, 1 review
Guys Write for Guys Read (Contributor) 744 copies, 13 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 (Contributor) 174 copies
Quark/2 (Contributor) 50 copies, 1 review
Protostars (Contributor) 44 copies
Strange Bedfellows (Contributor) 38 copies, 1 review
Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night (Contributor) 32 copies, 1 review
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (Contributor) 16 copies
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