{"id":787,"date":"2025-03-18T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/staging-kat\/?page_id=787"},"modified":"2025-03-18T19:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:09:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?resize=684%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-821 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?w=684&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 684px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 684\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Kat Zhang started writing her first novel at age twelve and hasn&#8217;t let up since. In high school, she wrote <em>What&#8217;s Left of Me<\/em>, which expanded into her Young Adult series, &#8220;The Hybrid Chronicles,&#8221; about a parallel universe where everyone is born with two souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She then published two Middle Grade novels: <em>The Emperor&#8217;s Riddle<\/em> and <em>The Memory of Forgotten Things<\/em>. Her popular <em>Amy Wu<\/em> picture book series has been featured by the New York Times, Parents magazine, and the 2021 Read for the Record Campaign, where over 2 million readers came together to read one of Amy&#8217;s stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, she teamed up with the creators of AVATAR: The Last Airbender to write the first AVATAR picture book, <em>Heart of a Hero, <\/em>and is working on a series of books with Baobab Studios and Penguin Random House about the Magic Paintbrush legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kat is represented by Alyssa Jennette of Stonesong.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:49%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-duotone-midnight-filter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?resize=684%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-821 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?w=684&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/authorpic2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 684px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 684\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:51%\">\n<p>Kat Zhang started writing her first novel at age twelve and hasn&#8217;t let up since. 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