Lyla Lee with Michelle Jing Chan — 'Mindy Kim and the Fun Family Vacation'

Third Place Books is delighted to welcome Lyla Lee to our Ravenna store for the twelfth and final book in her Mindy Kim series, . Lee will be joined in conversation by local children's author and illustrator Michelle Jing Chan. This event is free and open to the public.

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Mindy is so excited to go back to Korea—not only are she, Dad, and Julie going to the popular tourist spot, Jeju Island, it’s baby Charlie’s first big international trip! Mindy can’t wait for some lazy days on the beach and to see the natural sites unique to the island. But the trip gets off to a rocky start, and Mindy finds herself hoping this first vacation together won’t be memorable for all the wrong reasons!

Lyla Lee is the bestselling author of YA books about K-pop, K-dramas, and reality TV as well as the Mindy Kim series for younger readers. Her books have been translated into multiple languages around the world. Originally from South Korea, she’s lived in various cities throughout the United States, worked various jobs in Hollywood, and studied Psychology and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She now lives in Dallas, Texas. Visit Lyla at lylaleebooks.com or on social media (IG, X, and TikTok @literarylyla).

Michelle Jing Chan is a queer Chinese American author-illustrator who creates picture books and comics. Although her education is in engineering and economics, her heart has always been in storytelling–especially empowering, diverse stories she would have loved as a kid! Her work has been featured in the Wing Luke Museum, Buzzfeed, and Upworthy. She has illustrated books with Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Hachette, and Lerner, and is the author and illustrator of the upcoming picture book Weiwei's Winter Solstice and the YA graphic novel Somewhere in the Gray. You can find Michelle petting the neighborhood cats, cozying up with a book, or hunting for cryptids in spooky games. Visit Michelle at www.michellejingchan.com or on social media @michellieart.

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