About Tae Keller
Born 1993. Tae Keller is an American children's writer.
Tae Keller is an American children's book author. Her book, When You Trap a Tiger, won the 2021 Newbery Medal. The book tells the story of Lily and her relationship with her aging and ill Korean grandmother, and is inspired by Korean folktales. Keller is the youngest winner of the Newbery Medal.
Biography Tae Keller was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1993. Her mother is award-winning author Nora Okja Keller. She graduated from Punahou School and from Bryn Mawr College.
Awards and honors When You Trap a Tiger was the 100th book to win the Newbery Medal, in 2021, was a 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor and won the 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature.
Publications
The Science of Breakable Things (2018) When You Trap a Tiger (2020) Jennifer Chan is Not Alone (2022) Mihi Ever After (2022)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tae Keller. https://biography.guide/tae-keller/
MLA: "Tae Keller." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/tae-keller/.
Chicago: "Tae Keller." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/tae-keller/.
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