Published On: Thu, Jul 27th, 2023

‘American Born Chinese’ Author Gene Luen Yang Talks Winning a MacArthur and Adapting ‘Clash of Clans’

Gene Luen Yang smiles in front of a backdrop with corporate logos.
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Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, and many other works, is one of the most beloved graphic novelists of our time. Now, while Disney’s American Born Chinese live-action adaptation streams on Disney+, Yang is working on an adaptation of his own: an eight-volume series of graphic novels, The Books of Clash, based on Clash of Clans, the mobile game about warring villages. It’s a departure from some of Yang’s early work, but it still bares his signature style.

We sat down with Yang at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 to ask him about his career and his latest work.

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