Press Kit

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Short Bio

CHRISTINA LI is the award-winning author of children’s and young adult books Clues to the Universe, Ruby Lost and Found, True Love and Other Impossible Odds, which have been selected for the Washington Post summer book club pick, the NPR, Kirkus, and New York Public Library Best Books of the Year, and recognized for the Asian Pacific American Librarians’ Award for Best Children’s Literature. She is also the author of the forthcoming adult literary debut, The Manor of Dreams. She grew up in the Midwest and California but now calls New York home.

Longer Bio

CHRISTINA LI is the award-winning author of children’s books Clues to the Universe, which was a Washington Post summer book club pick, and Ruby Lost and Found, which was an NPR and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year and recognized for the Asian Pacific American Librarians’ Award for Best Children’s Literature. She is also the author of the YA title True Love and Other Impossible Odds (from HarperCollins / Quill Tree Books), as well as an adult literary debut, The Manor of Dreams (from Simon and Schuster / Avid Reader Press). She graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Economics and Public Policy. She loves to daydream about characters and drink too much jasmine green tea. She grew up in the Midwest and California but now calls New York home.


Publication Date: January 12, 2021

Cover Artist: Ji-Hyuk Kim

Cover Designer: Catherine San Juan

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Publication Date: May 16, 2023

Cover Artist: Sian James

Cover Designer: Laura Mock

Publication Date: May 14, 2024

Cover Artist: Christina Chung

Cover Designer: Laura Mock