Biography
C.B. Lee is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction, including Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, A Clash of Steel, and the acclaimed Sidekick Squad series. Their work have received seven starred reviews and have been finalists for multiple awards, including the Lambda Literary Award and the Rainbow Award. Lee’s work has been featured in NPR, Teen Vogue, Wired Magazine, Hypable, Tor’s Best of Fantasy and Sci Fi and the American Library Association’s Rainbow List. Born in Los Angeles to Chinese and Vietnamese refugees, Lee has cultivated a passion for storytelling from a young age. They live in Los Angeles today and strive to eat as many bao as possible.
CB is represented by Thao Le of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency who can be reached at thao@dijkstraagency.com.
For film rights and option inquiries please contact Andrea Cavallaro at andrea@dijkstraagency.com.
In The Press
Redefining Super, Diversity in YA, September 17, 2016
Queer young adult fiction grows beyond the coming out story, Salon Magazine, June 25, 2018
Featured in Podcasts
How Authors Work, July 8, 2018
“Intersectional Superheroes,” Females In Fantasy, March 29, 2018
“They Call Us Claudia Kishi,” They Call Us Bruce, December 6, 2017
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