Kelly Yang is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Front Desk children's series. Her books have sold over 2 million copies sold worldwide and won numerous awards, praised for their powerful account of the immigrant Asian American experience. Kelly immigrated from China to America when she was 6 years old and overcame poverty to go to college at UC Berkeley at age 13, and Harvard Law School at age 17. After law school, she pursued her passion of writing and teaching children writing, becoming the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for kids in Hong Kong. Kelly has written for The New York Times and Washington Post , and been a contributor on BBC News, commenting on politics and Asia. In addition to being a novelist, she is also a screenwriter and has written screenplays and television pilots for Netflix, CBS and the CW. Kelly lives in Los Angeles with her three children, her husband and two dogs.

The Take is her debut adult novel.