Description Why stick with plain old A , B , C when you can have Amelia (Earhart), Malala , Tina (Turner), Ruth (Bader Ginsburg), all the way to eXtraordinary You --and the Zillion of adventures you will go on? Instagram superstar Eva Chen, author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes , is back with an alphabet board book depicting feminist icons in A Is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World , featuring spirited illustrations by Derek Desierto.
About the author Eva Chen , the author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes and A Is for Awesome , is a first-generation Chinese-American who grew up in New York City.
She blames her deviation from pre-med at Johns Hopkins University on a love of fashion and beauty instilled in her by her mother, whose perfect bob and lipstick made a permanent imprint on her impressionable young mind.
Previously the editor in chief of Lucky , Eva has also written for ELLE , Vogue , Teen Vogue , Vogue China , the New York Times , and the Wall Street Journal .
She is currently the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, where she is guilty of the occasional duck-face selfie.
Eva lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
Derek Desierto is a Vancouver-based illustrator, designer, and overall nice guy from a nice family.
His animation work has been recognized by the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the National Cartoonist Society, and 9 Story Media Group.
Currently, he is living the dream as a freelance artist for animated TV shows and picture books.
His ultimate goal in life is to meet Oprah and become one of her Favorite Things.
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