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The premise of 'Secret Coders' is reminiscent of 'Harry Potter.' An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Band Harry Harry Potter Instead Magic Only Potter Premise School Secret Teaches Teaching

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Writing for myself and writing for another artist are two very different experiences. When I handle both the story and the art, I have full control. I can endlessly tweak every word and every line.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Another Art Artist Both Control Different Endlessly Every Experiences Full Handle Line Myself Story Tweak Two Very Word Writing I Can

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Superheroes were created in America, they're most popular in America, and at their best, they embody American ideals.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: America American Best Created Embody Ideals Most Popular Superheroes Were

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Every superhero has this superhero identity and a civilian identity. A lot of their lives are about code switching.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Civilian Code Every Identity Lives Lot Superhero Switching

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In academia in general, there's this push toward using comics as an educational tool.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Academia Comics Educational General Push Tool Toward Using

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I would hope that maybe math teachers could use 'Prime Baby' as a way of establishing an emotional connection between students and numbers.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Baby Between Connection Could Emotional Establishing Hope Math Maybe Numbers Prime Students Teachers Use Way Would

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There's bleeding between age groups in terms of reading material, and there's bleeding between media. So there are books that are clearly comics and books that are prose, and then there are these books that are kind of in-between.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Age Between Bleeding Books Clearly Comics Groups In-Between Kind Material Media Prose Reading Terms Then

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I was really worried that sitting at home by myself in front of a computer was going to make me crazy.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Computer Crazy Front Going Home Make Me Myself Really Sitting Worried

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Eventually, I just couldn't imagine myself being in a cubicle for my entire career.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Being Career Entire Entire Career Eventually Imagine Just Myself

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I took a Logo programming class in fifth grade. Logo is a language specifically designed for the classroom environment. It was basically doodling through words.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Basically Class Classroom Designed Environment Fifth Grade Language Programming Specifically Through Took Words

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Writer

Born: August 9th, 1973

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