Published Authors Located in the Portland, Oregon Metro, and to be efficient with the number of links only featured one for shopping. Most of these authors have published multiple books.

• Courn "Courtney" Ahn (she/they) is a queer Korean American illustrator and designer known for their playful artwork that depicts social justice, antiracism, and all things activism! Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Waka T. Brown was the first American born in her family. She is a Stanford graduate with a master’s degree in secondary education. She’s currently an instructor at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), authoring curriculum on several international topics and winning the Association for Asian Studies’ national Franklin R. Buchanan Prize. She’s also been awarded the United States–Japan Foundation and EngageAsia’s national 2019 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award for her groundbreaking endeavors in teaching about US-Japan relations to high school students in Japan and promoting cultural exchange awareness. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Dr. Heather Chow (she/her) is living her kindergarten dream as a pediatrician. She loves building trusting relationships with her patients and their parents in order to help them navigate the physical and emotional complexities of growing up, especially when it comes to issues that often seem difficult to talk about. | Instagram | Online Shopping

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• Nadia Hasan (she/her) is a momma, elected leader, community organizer, human resources professional, and former educator raising Muslim kids in America. She lives with her husband and 3 kids in Beaverton, Oregon, and believes in our shared humanity to come together for a better future. Instagram | Online Shopping

• Juhea Kim is the author of the internationally bestselling novel Beasts of a Little Land (Oneworld 2021), which has been published around the world. It won the Yasnaya Polyana Award and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and is currently being adapted into a television series. Kim earned her BA in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. Her writing has been published in Granta, Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, Zyzzyva, Guernica and elsewhere. Born in South Korea and raised in Portland, Oregon. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• My name is Kacy Lau, and I am an Asian American, Pacific Islander, queer, and neurodivergent individual. This book is dedicated to all the neurospicy people who struggle with believing in themselves. I discovered I had ADHD at the age of 30 and have found it challenging to turn my many ideas into completed projects. I never imagined I'd publish a book. I learned that it is possible to achieve your dreams with self-love, the support of others, and embracing mistakes. This book stands as a testament to perseverance... proving that even if it takes four years or more, you can make your dreams come true. Keep going! Instagram | Online Shopping

• Agnes Lee Agnes Lee grew up in the Bay Area and is a graduate of Art Center College of Design. She is a former Chronicle Books fellow and was an Art Director at The New York Times for several years where she began illustrating the Metropolitan Diary column. She now lives in Portland, OR with her partner Eric and their cat Muta. In addition to art, she loves the outdoors and playing ultimate frisbee. Agnes can be found at ahjlee.com. 49 Days is her debut. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Janice Lee is a Korean-American writer, editor, publisher, and shamanic healer. She is the author of seven books of fiction, creative nonfiction & poetry. She is Founder & Executive Editor of Entropy, Co-Publisher at Civil Coping Mechanisms, Contributing Editor at Fanzine, and Co-Founder of The Accomplices LLC. She currently lives in Portland, OR where she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Portland State University. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Dane Liu believes in the power of stories to affirm, transport, and transform. Her debut for young readers FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS, FOREVER is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Kids Indie Next Pick, and a Best Book of the Year from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. It has been selected for national and international reading programs, including the Forest of Reading in Canada, the Panda Award in Asia, and the Gold House Book Club. As a writer, Dane hopes to empower young people to see the importance of their own stories and the beauty of sharing them. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Radhika Natarajan, I am a historian of Modern Imperial Britain, and I research migration, citizenship, and the welfare state in the twentieth century. My book on how the welfare state shaped British multiculturalism will be published by Oxford University Press. I have published book chapters on late imperial colonial development and welfare services for Asian women. I also wrote "Performing Multiculturalism: The Commonwealth Arts Festival of 1965" for The Journal of British Studies and co-edited a thematic issue of Twentieth Century British History on Race and Twentieth Century British History. My essay for the collection examined the history of male youth dependants from South Asia in order to consider the position of South Asians in British racial formation. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Daniel Nieh is a writer and translator. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and has also lived in China, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. He studied Chinese Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Daniel's translation clients include publishers, universities, nonprofits, and museums around the world. He served as an interpreter at 2008 Beijing Olympics and also works as a contract linguist for the US Department of State. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Esquire. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Jennifer Perrine is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Again (Airlie Press, 2020). Perrine’s other books include No Confession, No Mass, winner of the Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize; In the Human Zoo, which was selected for the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize; and The Body Is No Machine. A recipient of fellowships from Literary Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, Perrine lives in Portland, Oregon. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Sam Roxas-Chua is a poet and multi-disciplinary artist from Eugene, Oregon. His publications include Fawn Language (Tebot Bach), and Echolalia in Script — A Collection of Asemic Writing (Orison Books). His poems and visual art portfolios have appeared in various journals including Narrative, december Magazine, Cream City Review, and basalt Magazine; and his collection of poems, Diary of Collected Summers, won the first place award in the 7th Annual Missouri Review Audio Competition in poetry. Roxas-Chua has received four Pushcart nominations and has been invited to read at local government events and for the Oregon State Legislature. In early 2017 he appeared in a live broadcast of Dear Sugar Radio at the Aladdin eatery in support of #writeourdemocracy / #writersresist. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Nakia Shaik, I am a creative woman with a passion for the written word and the visual arts. Over the past 5 years, I have honed my skills as a writer, artist, and developmental editing coach and tutor. My experience has allowed me to develop a keen eye for detail and a strong ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely. I am dedicated to helping others achieve their goals and am committed to fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment. I tutor and coach aspiring artists and writers to improve their storytelling skills and put entertainment and compelling stories first. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Jen Shin is a Korean American writer and mental health advocate with more than a decade in recovery from alcoholism and bulimia. She is currently at work on Disappearing Acts, a coming-of-age addiction memoir which examines how we return to our true selves after reality and illusion become one. She is a 2023 Periplus Fellow and has received support from Anaphora Arts, Fishtrap, and Stove Works. In 2021, she published Have You Received Previous Psychotherapy or Counseling? through zines + things and her essays can be found in The Rumpus, Memoir Magazine, Oregon Humanities, and elsewhere. | Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Young Vo is an animator, author and illustrator.  He was six years old when his family fled Vietnam as refugees and settled in Spokane, Washington.  Years later, his family moved to Los Angeles where he would eventually attend the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), majoring in Film and Animation.  Since graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts, he has worked in the video game industry for 20 years.  Some of his projects included Red Dead Redemption, Tomb Raider, Kingdoms of Amalur, and Elder Scrolls Online.  Young also taught animation courses at the Maryland Institute College of Arts (MICA). In his free time, Young loves to dream up new stories, illustrate, and play tennis.  He lives in Washington state with his wife and two miniature dachshund guard dogs who protect them from any danger below knee height.  His favorite video game is Ico.  He loves dark chocolate and pasta.    Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Vevina-Anne Swanson is a self-published author that lives in California with her two tiny dogs and takes care of her children(plants). Although I Am Malory is her first novel, it will definitely not be her last. With an Associate of Arts, she is now heading towards a Bachelor's degree in creative writing in order to expand her knowledge with writing literature. Besides being a writer, she is a freelance artist. When Vevina isn’t busy doing art commissions or writing, she enjoys going to spiritual stores and hidden cafes to indulge in her next read. Her most current dream is to have a bird. | Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Rana Tahir is a poet and author. She is a Kundiman Fellow and a member of RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers). Her work can be found in BAHR Magazine, Quarterly West, and Salt Hill Journal among others. She received her MFA from Pacific University and lives in Portland, OR. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Armin Tolentino earned his MFA at Rutgers University in Newark. He is the author of We Meant to Bring It Home Alive(Alternating Current Press, 2019), and his poetry has appeared in Hyphen Magazine, Arsenic Lobster, The Raven Chronicles, and elsewhere. Originally from Lincoln Park, New Jersey, he now lives in Vancouver, Washington with his wife and her three chinchillas. He's an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship recipient, an avid (albeit usually unsuccessful) fisherman, and hopes one day to earn a Guiness Record for World's Loudest Clap. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Eric Tran is a queer Vietnamese poet and the author of Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke (Diode Editions) and The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer (Autumn House Press). He serves as an associate editor for Orison Books and a poetry reader for the Los Angeles Review. He has received awards and recognition from Prairie Schooner, New Delta Review, Best of the Net, and others. His work appears in RHINO, 32 Poems, the Missouri Review and elsewhere. He is a physician completing his fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry in Portland, Oregon. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Cecily Wong is the author of three books. Her debut novel, Diamond Head (Harper, HarperCollins), was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize. Her second novel, Kaleidoscope (Dutton, Penguin Random House), was a best book of the month at Buzzfeed, Apple Books, and Today.com. Cecily is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Gastro Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to Food (Workman Publishing). Cecily is a 2024 MacDowell Fellow and the recipient of a 2023 Oregon Literary Fellowship. A graduate of Barnard College, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter. | Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Born and raised on the east side of Oʻahu, Charity E. Yoro now occupies the traditional territory of the Atfalati, Clatskanie, and Kalapuya (Oregon) with her wild, loving family. A writer with a strong background in community-building and workshop facilitation, Charity’s writing has received Pushcart Prize and Orison Anthology nominations and can be found on poets.org, in the New York Times, The Rumpus, Tupelo Quarterly, PRISM International, 14 Hills, West Trestle Review, Ruminate Magazine, and elsewhere. ten-cent flower & other territories is her debut poetry collection (First Matter Press, 2023). Website | Instagram | Online Shopping

• Provecho Magazine is a multilingual publication created by and for people of color about the foods we love. We tell stories about identity via intimate conversations, essays, and photography. Food is universal, but for people of color it can serve as a lifeline to ancestral narratives that are often lost to assimilation and the fight for survival. Provecho is supported in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council, Precipice Fund, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Website | Instagram | Online Shopping