Meet the author

Kat Yeh.

Writer · United States

Kat Yeh: Taiwanese-American author of Just One Little Light, The Magic Brush and The Way to Bea — warm, observational picture books and middle-grade fiction for ages 3–12.

Kat Yeh is a Taiwanese-American author best known to children's-book readers as the writer of Just One Little Light (a Christmas picture book) and The Magic Brush, plus middle-grade novels including The Truth About Twinkie Pie and The Way to Bea. Yeh's voice is warm and observational, often handling family, identity and intergenerational stories. A reliable contemporary picture-book and middle-grade author for ages 3–12, particularly important to inclusive-shelf curation.