Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁

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Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. KarenYin.com/links VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company

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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· 7h

Fight back against book bans and learn about the proposed legislation at this fun postcard-writing party with a bunch of authors Friday (8/14) at 7 PM at Underdog Bookstore in #MontroseCA! Snacks, beverages, and postcards will be provided. RSVP: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... @authorsabb.bsky.social

Flyer text: Protect the freedom to read. Free books by: Kristen Jennings, Des De Vivo, Gisanne Sophia, Victoria Lum, Stefanie Castro, Karen Yin, Jen Ferguson, C.B. Lee, Mia Hopkins, Jessika Grewe Glover, A.J. Somers, R.K. Ashwick, Mallory Shoemaker, and more! Bursts: Postcard party. Write postcards, take action. Friday Aug 14, 7–9PM, Underdog Bookstore. RSVP @ underdogbookstore.org/events

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· 8d

Huge thanks to Gen & Ted for inviting me back to the Asian American History 101 podcast to chat about #NiceToEatYou. In this 30-min. episode, we cover how witches are often coded as Jewish, maximizing art notes, and my advice to authors of AAPI descent. ✅ Listen now #KidLit 📚

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· 9d

Et tu, @pbs.org?

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jul 13

Hey, literary citizens! Got a minute? If so, please #AskYourLibrary to buy my newest children’s book, #NiceToEatYou, a funny read-aloud perfect for Halloween! (May or may not contain a witch. 🧙👀) For a request template or more info: karenyin.com/books/nice-t... Art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social

Image features the cover of Nice to Eat You surrounded by library cards of the characters, with names like Lost Kid and Sweet Old Lady. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Text surrounding the cover reads: Please #AskYourLibrary to buy this book!," followed by book details:

Title: Nice to Eat You

Author: Karen Yin

Illustrator: Carolina Coroa

Publisher: Orchard Books

Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1338851922

Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1338851939

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jul 9

“A fun book with great wordplay and stunning illustrations!” Thanks, @yabookscentral.bsky.social, for the amazing review of #NiceToEatYou! 🧙‍♀️🧁 🌟OUT NOW🌟 Signed copies available exclusively at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: vromansbookstore.com/book/9781338... Art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social.

Book promo features the cover of "Nice to Eat You." The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Above the cover is a review from Y.A. (and Kids!) Books Central: "A fun book with great wordplay and stunning illustrations!" On the bottom right corner of the cover is a purple burst with "Out now." On the bottom left are two cupcakes that are similar to the cupcakes on the book cover.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jul 7

Happy birthday to #NiceToEatYou, written by me, ill. by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social, from Orchard Books (Scholastic). A funny read-aloud full of witchy wordplay. A big thank-you to everyone who worked on this project! Available everywhere. Signed copies exclusively at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social.

Photo of me, a light-skinned Chinese American woman with long hair and glasses, signing copies of Nice to Eat You, arranged in stacks around the table.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jul 4

Today, and every day, believe in your power to create change. #July4 #ConsciousLanguage 📚

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jun 11

Congrats to @acesediting.bsky.social on relaunching the Tracking Changes quarterly journal! The theme of this edition is “change,” and I’m proud to have contributed an article on what must not change (😉), titled ”Don’t Trust, Verify.” #Verify #AI #Copyediting

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jun 4

Look, I don’t lean one way or the other, but it’s clear which comma style has won. (Tees from OutOfPrint.com.)

Screenshot of two T-shirt product listings. On the left, the Anti Oxford Comma Club T-Shirt has been discounted from $32 to $23. On the right, the Oxford Comma Preservation Society T-Shirt is being sold at the regular price, $32. Both tees are black, with the club name in a retro design, enclosed in a fat round comma.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· May 28

Happy 2nd birthday to “The Conscious Style Guide”! 🎁 What a whirlwind it has been since my wonderful agent sold it in a two-day bidding war between six houses. I could not have predicted that my life’s work would be published in Canada, the UK, Australia, and… More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Photo of me, a light-skinned Chinese American woman with long hair. I am wearing purple glasses and smiling behind a white face mask while pointing to The Conscious Style Guide on a display shelf in a library. I am wearing a black tee that says "Make peace with words."

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· May 7

No need to be alarmed. This is just a picture book about a 🧙‍♀️, a group of 👧🏽👦🏻👦👧🏾, and terrible, terrible decisions. #NiceToEatYou will be flying to bookstores in 2 months! Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social. Words by me, art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social.

Image features a square book cover with a pink-faced, blue-haired, cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, her other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. The title of "Nice to Eat You" has the word "Eat" written next to the crossed-out word "Meet." A lavender burst says “Pre-order now.” Below: "Flying into bookstores on July 7, 2026."

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Mar 25

#NiceToEatYou: A Hansel & Gretel-inspired tale full of dark humor and clever wordplay. Are the kids in for a snack—or are they the snack?! Get 25% off at B&N if you preorder by 3/26. Use code PREORDER25. Words by me, art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social, from Orchard Books (Scholastic). 🧙‍♀️🧁 #KidLit 📚

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Feb 4

This makes me so happy. I finally got around to finishing this adorable kit by My Papercut Forest. I made a felted cat, in remembrance of our sweet kitty Saffron, and replaced the book covers with my own. #KidLit 📚🐈

Photo of a 4-inch wide circular display with a felted orange cat perched on a yellow chair, looking at a bookshelf. About six miniature books are strewn all over. in the background is a glass dome that goes over the display.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jan 3

Made it to Floatfest. #Altadena

Photo of my partner and me, two East Asian American women, in front of the Rising Together float, featuring a phoenix rising. I have long hair and a hoodie with the word Altadena.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Jan 2

31 sunflowers for the 31 lives lost in the Eaton and Palisades Fires. #RisingTogether #RoseParade 🌻

Still from a video of the award-winning Rising Together float in the 2026 Rose Parade, featuring a phoenix with wings raised, surrounded by sunflowers. Two people hold a hand-written sign, "AG Bonta, Altadena demands an investigation."

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Dec 24

Tornado warning?!

Screenshot of weather alerts for Altadena, California.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Dec 23

Need a last-minute gift for the writers, editors, teachers, or college students in your life? Give them the #ConsciousStyleGuide audiobook—a friendly guide to language that promotes equity! 🎁 Buy from Libro.fm: libro.fm/audiobooks/9... 🦋 Follow CSG on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cons...

A square version of the book cover, which is navy blue, with the handwritten word Conscious inserted via a red caret into the title, which reads The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Dec 18

Thank you, @bookshop.org, for featuring my Picture Books About Wildfire booklist. After the January fires, friends asked if I would write a picture book about my experiences. But beautiful books about wildfire already exist. Please read them. The anniversary is near. Visit DiversePictureBooks.com.

Modified screenshot of Bookshop.org's webpage showing the Picture Books About Wildfire above a row of picture books including Dear Wild Child and Fire Shapes the World.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Dec 4

I’m giddy to learn that my book “The Conscious Style Guide” is on a #SilentBookClub list! 🥰 📚 Check it out in “Confessions of a Non-Reader” by Rev. J. Ruth Bartlett: bookgagabooks.ca/2025/12/01/o...

Photo of three books, stacked on a wooden table. The one on the bottom is The Conscious Style Guide.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Nov 15

“Storytelling can be more than a blog post, essay, or book. It can be an emoji, a meme, a selfie, or a tweet. It can become a movement for social change.” —Alice Wong (1974–2025)

These words are centered on a goldenrod background in black and red text. Below is the golden head of a tiger. The left and right sides are bordered with tight curly lines that intersect in little hearts.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Oct 31

Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽‍♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣 Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books. #KidLit #Halloween 🕷️

On a bright purple background is the cover of Nice to Eat You. The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Above the cover is the text "Pre-order your signed copy now." Below: "Flying into bookstores on July 7, 2026."

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Oct 17

Know your protest rights. @aclu.org #NoKings

Square black graphic. At top in bold block letters: Know your protest rights:. Then a numbered list, in brief: (1) You don't need a permit to march in the streets as long as you're not obstructing traffic or building access. (2) You have the right to photograph anything in plain view. (3) If you believe your rights have been violated, write down everything you remember. (4) If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. (5) If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. (6) If you get stopped by military, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney—no matter your citizenship or immigration status. At the bottom, two logos: Know Your Rights and ACLU.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 27

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 25

Two more. 📚

Surviving Not Thriving. Times I Was Right and Nobody Listened.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 21

Am I…the target audience?

Photo of two rows of standing journals facing camera. On the left, "Hold On. Let Me Overthink This." On the right, "Things I Shouldn't Say Out Loud." Surrounded by wooden containers with bracelets, felted keychains, and bookmarks.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 10

On September 10, 2018, I launched the Editors of Color Database to raise the visibility of editorial professionals of color. Like many POC, I was tired of being left out of projects, interviews, panels, and jobs because the people in charge claimed we don’t exist… Continue on LinkedIn

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 9

Conscious Style Guide is a proud sponsor of @edsguild.bsky.social’s Red Pencil Conference 2025. The Early Bird discount ends September 15, 2025, so reserve your spot today! Join the Guild to receive the member rate. Register: www.edsguild.org/red-pencil-2... #EdsGuild2025

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 3

On 9/3/24, my debut, #WholeWhale, came out as a huggable board book! May this story (illus. by Nelleke Verhoeff) continue to tickle readers with its rhyme and inspire creative thinking. “This simple rhyming book packs a powerful message.” —School Library Journal @barefootbooks.bsky.social #KidLit

Party paraphernalia surrounds a bright yellow and navy board book featuring whimsical creatures and a large whale tail.

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Sep 1

I found a copy of my high school résumé buried in a scanning app on my phone. Finding random photos and scans of things I had lost in the fire is 🥹❤️‍🩹. P.S. Check out the typewritten double-dash em dashes.

Scan of a sheet of paper with manually typed text:

General Involvement

Extra-Curricular High School Activities:

3 yrs Newspaper--Editor-in-Chief, 1st Page Editor, 3rd Page Editor
Associated Student Body Secretary
Sophomore Class Treasurer
3 ½ yrs California Scholarship Federation
1 yr Junior Statepersons of America--Vice-President
3 yrs Computer Club--secretary
2 yrs Science Club--Vice-President
2 yrs Keywanettes (service club)
2 yrs Penopsis (literary magazine)
1 yr JV Volleyball
1 yr JV badminton

Awards, Honors, Etc.:

Presidential Academic Fitness Award
California Scholarship Federation Seal
Principal’s Honor Roll (8-time)
Girls’ State nominee (one of top five)
Bank of America Achievement Award for excellence in English
1987 American Society of Newspaper Editors Minority Scholarship
Clive Hoffman Media Scholarship
Kiwanis Club Scholarship
Rosemead Women’s Club Scholarship
Congressional Youth Leadership Council nominee
1987 High School Journalism Workshop Scholarship

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin· Aug 24

Their human has been proved.