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Meet Kat Zhang, February 2025 guest judge! She is the acclaimed author of the popular Amy Wu series and "The Hybrid Chronicles" - learn more here!

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Kat Zhang

February 2025 Guest Judge

Acclaimed Author: Amy Wu series, "The Hybrid Chronicles"

Kat Zhang started writing her first novel at age twelve and hasn't let up since. In high school, she wrote What's Left of Me, which soon expanded into her Young Adult series, "The Hybrid Chronicles." Since then, she’s also published multiple Middle Grade novels and worked with the creators of AVATAR: The Last Airbender to create an AVATAR picture book. Her popular Amy Wu series has been featured by the New York Times, Parents magazine, NPR, and the 2021 Read
for the Record Campaign, where over 2 million readers came together to read one of Amy's stories.

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