Paula Yoo is an award-winning author of picture books including Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, and YA novels and narrative nonfiction, including From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement. Paula is also a TV writer/producer, screenwriter, and professional violinist. 

In our interview, Paula talks about her young life as a reader and identifying with book characters, why she looks for resilience in her picture book biographies, how she honed her writing skills (there’s a Hollywood connection!), why we need to learn about Asian-American history and culture in our schools, and much more.