Laurence Yep

An American author born in 1948, who writes mainly Young Adult and Children's Literature. His works often deal with Chinese folklore, mythology or Chinese-Americans.

Lawrence Yep's works include:

 * Golden Mountain Chronicles - A series of books spanning several generations. The earliest take place in China, while the ones that follow are about early Chinese-immigrant railroad workers, and then eventually people in modern times. Chronologically they are:
 * The Serpent's Children
 * Mountain Light
 * Dragon's Gate
 * The Traitor
 * Dragonwings
 * Dragon Road
 * Child Of The Owl
 * Sea Glass
 * Thief Of Hearts
 * Dragon Series - A quartet about a dragon named Shimmer trying to restore the home of her people. Along the way she meets a boy named Thorn, a girl named Indigo, the magical trickster, Monkey, and Civet, the witch who destroyed her home.
 * Dragon of the Lost Sea
 * Dragon Steel
 * Dragon Cauldron
 * Dragon War
 * Monster Makers INC - A novel about the son of a geneticist who owns miniature monsters and how he defeats an alien invasion.