Stan Yan Has Sold The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang to Atheneum

The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang is an higher middle-grade graphic novel by comedian e-book creator Stan Yan, pitched as Turning Red meets Goosebumps. “Eugenia’s party has never been celebrated on her actual birthday, April 4, because of Mom’s belief in the Chinese superstition that four is an unlucky number, which Eugenia thinks is ridiculous. But when she starts getting visions through her comic artwork of impending doom on 4/4, she may do something truly horrifying—admit Mom is right.”

Stan Yan grew up in Denver, Colorado and went to faculty on the Univerity of Colorado in Boulder the place he obtained his bachelor’s diploma in accounting earlier than working in gross sales for the securities trade, main to a every day monetary webcomic referred to as, The Tickle Tape. In 2005, he turned a full-time freelance cartoonist, illustrating Subculture for Ape Entertainment and Action Lab Danger Zone. He helped to co-found the Squid Works comedian creator cooperative, was a board member of the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators and is at the moment the co-Regional Advisor for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the  Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (RMC-SCBWI), and a member of the Cuddlefish Gang artwork “cuddlective.”

His work has subsequently appeared in Vincent Price Presents, The Queuing Dead, There’s A Zombie In The Basement, Denver Com ix, Kite Tales, Pop CultureClassroom, The Westword and extra. Other graphic novels in search of a house embrace Salem Charter Academy, Regret: a most cancers survivor’s story, The Evil Twins, When Floaty Met Scabby and extra. His work was the grand prize recipient of the 2022 SCBWI-FL Conference Portfolio Excellence Award and he at the moment teaches illustration on the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design.

And now Kristie Choi at Atheneum has acquired The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang for publication within the autumn of 2025. Stan Han’s agent Ann Rose, whereas she was nonetheless at Prospect Agency, dealt with the deal for world rights.