Tae Keller

Tae Keller is an American children's book author. Her book, When You Trap a Tiger, won the 2021 Newbery Medal.[1][2] The book tells the story of Lily and her relationship with her aging and ill Korean grandmother, wrapped around the Korean folktales her grandmother tells her at bedtime.

Life

Tae Keller was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother is award-winning author Nora Okja Keller. She graduated from Punahou School in 2011 and from Bryn Mawr College in 2015.[3]

Publications

Keller is the author of When You Trap a Tiger (2020)[4] and The Science of Breakable Things (2018).[5] When You Trap a Tiger won the 2021 Newbery Medal,[1] was a 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor[6] and won the 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature.[7]

References
  1. Harris, Elizabeth A. (2021-01-25). "Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for 'When You Trap a Tiger'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  2. Yorio, Kara (25 January 2021). "Children's Publishing World Reacts to Michaela Goade's History-Making Caldecott Medal, Rest of the YMA Winners". School Library Journal. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin. "The Science of Unbreakable Things". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. Keller, Tae (2020). When You Trap a Tiger. Random House. ISBN 978-1-5247-1570-0.
  5. Keller, Tae (2018). The Science of Breakable Things. Random House. ISBN 978-1524715663.
  6. "Reviews of the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner and Honor Books". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  7. "YMA highlights 2021 Asian/Pacific American Awards". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
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