Stephan Lee is the author of the K-Pop Confidential books and the young adult romance Paris in a Heartbeat. He currently works in content at Netflix and was formerly an entertainment journalist for Entertainment Weekly and Bustle. He lives in Los Angeles.

Kim Chi is a Korean American drag queen, artist, entrepreneur, and television personality best known for competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Kim Chi lives in Los Angeles.

Utomaru is a Tokyo-based illustrator, art director, and graphic designer whose credits include character design on Muteking the Dancing Hero, a reboot of a classic anime series, and illustrating the Kitty Sweet Tooth graphic novel series. She studied graphic design at Tama Art University, and her main influences are cartoons by Fleischer Studios and Tex Avery and movie posters from the 1960s to the 1980s as well as American and Japanese comics and animation.

Animated magical girl-inspired comics pages by Utomaru (A Kid's Guide to Anime & Manga) skillfully complement the authors' bouncy narration and cheeky humor. It's a charming confection of a tale that grapples with weighty themes relating to political corruption, immigrant parent expectations, and duplicitous influencer culture.
--Publishers Weekly

Co-authors Chi--star of RuPaul's Drag Race--and Lee sensitively explore themes of identity while celebrating a loving community as it speaks truth to power.Filled with sparkle and creativity, a tale of youngsters rallying to do what's right.
--Kirkus Reviews

Jae Han's story of saving his [library] and learning to believe in himself is loads of fun and packed with references to real drag icons.The best lesson Jae Han learns is that confidence is, as RuPaul herself would say, fundamental!
--Booklist

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

Pub date: 2026-09-01

Length: 192 pages