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Vicky Fang is an American children's book author and illustrator. A former product designer at Google, where she worked on technology products for children, she has written or written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including the Layla and the Bots, Friendbots, and Ava Lin series.[1][2] In 2026 she co-wrote the picture book Spaghetti Code with the model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss.[1][3]
Fang worked as a designer of children's technology products, and began writing to promote early STEAM education, particularly for girls and children of color.[1] Her debut picture book, Invent-a-Pet (Sterling, 2020), illustrated by Tidawan Thaipinnarong, was described by Kirkus Reviews as an appealing introduction to scientific experimentation.[4] The same year she launched Layla and the Bots, an early chapter book series illustrated by Christine Nishiyama for Scholastic's Branches line, whose first installment, Happy Paws, was praised by Kirkus for pairing STEM lessons with the portrayal of a young girl of color as a confident inventor.[2] Her author-illustrator debut, the Friendbots early comics series, was published in HarperCollins' I Can Read Comics line and reviewed by Kirkus.[5] Her Ava Lin chapter book series (Candlewick Press, 2024–2025), which draws on her Chinese American family's experiences, received reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist.[6][7]
In July 2026, Roaring Brook Press published Spaghetti Code: A Story About Problem-Solving, Pasta, and the Power of Big Ideas, written by Karlie Kloss with Fang and illustrated by Remi Jose, the first title in a five-book deal between Kloss and Macmillan focused on coding and technology.[1] Publishers Weekly reviewed the book as a comedic STEM story combining cooking and computing.[8] The book's launch was covered by People and on Today.[3][9] Fang's early graphic novel One Mad Cat and the Missing Book (Candlewick, 2026) was named a 2026 Junior Library Guild Selection and was reviewed in The British Columbia Review, which characterized it as a dryly humorous take on the graphic-reader format featuring a protagonist comfortable expressing strong feelings.[10][11] Fang is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[11]
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[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Aquino, Gilcy (July 2026). "Karlie Kloss Taps Into Tech Background with STEM Picture Book". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- 1 2 "Happy Paws". Kirkus Reviews. February 15, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Jones, Sophie (July 2026). "Karlie Kloss Says Her Kids Are 'Tough Critics' Who 'Approve' of Her New Children's Book About Coding". People. Retrieved August 3, 2026 – via Yahoo News.
- ↑ "Invent-a-Pet". Kirkus Reviews. April 1, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Friendbots: Blink and Block Build a Fort". Kirkus Reviews. December 1, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Ava Lin, Best Friend!". Kirkus Reviews. April 15, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Ava Lin, One of a Kind". Booklist. 2024.
- ↑ "Spaghetti Code: A Story About Problem-Solving, Pasta, and the Power of Big Ideas". Publishers Weekly. April 2026. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Karlie Kloss Talks New Children's Book, 'Spaghetti Code'". Today. NBC. July 2026. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ "One Mad Cat and the Missing Book by Vicky Fang". Penguin Random House. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Grubisic, Brett Josef (July 12, 2026). "One Mad Cat: And the Missing Book, by Vicky Fang". The British Columbia Review. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
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