Sophia N. Lee wanted to be many things growing up: doctor, teacher, international spy, time traveler, journalist, and lawyer. She likes to think she can be all these things and more through writing. She writes books for kids and kids at heart. Her first book, What Things Mean (Scholastic Asia, 2016), won Grand Prize at the 2014 Scholastic Asian Book Awards. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School in New York City, and works as a creative writing instructor for kids, teens, and sometimes, grownups too. Follow her online everywhere @sophianleewrites.
She is the author of HOLDING ON (Atheneum/S&S 2022, illus. by Isabel Roxas) and LOLO’S SARI SARI STORE (Atheneum/S&S 2023, illus. by Christine Almeda).
