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Children Chatting With Author Minh Lê and Illustrator Andie Tong

Episode Summary

Join the Children Chatting members as they interview award-winning author Minh Lê and artist and illustrator Andie Tong about their graphic novel Green Lantern: Legacy and about being an author and an illustrator.


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Participant(s) Bio

Author Minh Lê:

Minh Lê is the author of the picture books Drawn Together (illustrated by Dan Santat) and Let Me Finish! (illustrated by Isabel Roxas), and has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book Review, and the Huffington Post. Green Lantern: Legacy is his first graphic novel. A first-generation Vietnamese-American, during the day Minh is a national early childhood policy expert who went to Dartmouth College and has a master's in education from Harvard University. Outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons in their home near Washington, D.C., Minh's favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book.

Illustrator Andie Tong:

Andie Tong's past comic book and illustration experience include titles such as Spectacular Spider-Man UK, The Batman Strikes!, Tron: Betrayal, Plants Vs Zombies, Star Wars, Tekken and Stan Lee's Zodiac Legacy. Andie has also illustrated children's books for HarperCollins for over 10 years.


Book cover for Green Lantern: Legacy
Green Lantern: Legacy
Lê, Minh


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