Ellen Oh (she/her/hers)

CEO
We Need Diverse Books

Ellen Oh is an award winning author of the middle grade novels Finding Junie Kim, Dragon Egg Princess, The Spirit Hunters trilogy, and the YA fantasy trilogy The Prophecy Series: Prophecy, Warrior, and King. She is the editor and contributor of You Are Here: Connecting Flights, a collection of interwoven stories, and editor of the middle grade anthology You Are Here as well as Flying Lessons and Other Stories, and the YA anthology A Thousand Beginnings and Endings. She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in children's literature. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland with her husband, three human children, and two dog children.

Presentation(s):

• We Need Diverse Books and ALA Present: How to Fight Book Bans: Authors On Speaking Up and Fighting Back

  Saturday, June 24, 2023
  2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT

• Leading with Your Hands and Your Heart: A Conversation about Leading from Wherever You Are

  Monday, June 26, 2023
  1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT