Lisa Yee's latest novel, "Warp Speed," is about a Star Trek geek who gets beat up everyday at school. Her debut novel, "Millicent Min, Girl Genius," won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. She's a Thurber House Children's Writer-in-Residence and has received an NPR Best Summer Read nod. Yee spent time visiting with Karl Gehrke Friday at Barnes and Noble in Sioux Falls during the Festival of Books.
Author Lisa Yee
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