Kat Zhang started writing at age 12 and hasn’t let up since. In high school, she wrote What’s Left of Me, which expanded into her YA series, The Hybrid Chronicles. She then pub’d four MG novels: The Emperor’s Riddle, The Memory of Forgotten Things, and the Magic Paintbrush duology. Her Amy Wu PB series has been featured by the NYTimes, Parents magazine, and the 2021 Read for the Record Campaign.