Come See Graphic Novelist Stan Yan at The Bookies

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Tue Oct 21 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

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The Bookies Bookstore | Denver, CO

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Join us to celebrate author Stan Yan's newest spooky middle grade graphic novel, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang.
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Tuesday Oct 21st, 2025

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Join us to celebrate author Stan Yan's newest spooky middle grade graphic novel, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang. Stan will be in conversation with author Tom Phillips, and will delight everyone with a drawing demo! He will be available to sign books after the program.

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About the bookIn this hilarious and heartfelt graphic novel, a girl born on a day considered unlucky in Chinese superstition starts to wonder if she really is cursed when she’s troubled by visions of doom set to occur on her thirteenth birthday.

Twelve-year-old Eugenia Wang has never celebrated her birthday on her actual birthday, April 4th, because of her mom’s belief in the Chinese superstition that four is an unlucky number. And that’s not the only thing Mom’s strict about; she won’t let Eugenia go to a summer comic art camp because she thinks art is a waste of time. This year, Eugenia is determined to defy her mom by applying for the camp, having her party on her actual birthday, and inviting her super cute crush while she’s at it, too!

But when Eugenia gets hit in the head with a sneaker during PE, she starts getting unnerving visions of impending doom about her upcoming birthday. It might be the aftereffects of her head injury, or maybe she’s just anxious about turning thirteen. As the visions get worse, even affecting her artwork, Eugenia suspects an unseen force may be sending her messages. If she’s haunted after all, Eugenia will have to figure out why before it’s too late. Even more horrifying, she may have to do the unthinkable: admit her mom was right.


About the AuthorStan is an award-winning, first generation American-born-Chinese, Denver-based writer, illustrator, caricature artist and instructor. He is currently the co-Regional Advisor for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (RMC-SCBWI), a professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and co-founding professor of the CuddlefishAcademy.com kidlit art school. His work was the grand prize recipient of the 2022 SCBWI-FL Conference Portfolio Excellence Award! The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang is his first traditionally published graphic novel.

About the ModeratorTom Phillips grew up with a passion for storytelling. He’s also the author of The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves series, Egypt’s Fire, and S.O.S. He’s had a long career a writer and artist for clients such as LeVar Burton Kids, HBO, Disney, and ABC. An armchair Sherlockian, Tom lives in Los Angeles with his lovely wife and his dog, Dr. Watson.

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