Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling and award–winning author of many books for kids. She has received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor, a Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats Award, and a Golden Poppy Award. She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias, anti-racism, and equity work. She holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s from the Principal Leadership Institute at University of California, Berkeley. She has been an English teacher, a dean, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program, a creator of educator professional development, and a high school vice principal. She lives in the Bay Area, where she survives on homemade chocolate chip cookies, outdoor adventures, and dance parties with her kids.

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