Children's book "A Tree of My Own" will be released on October 19th at Powell's. We're doing a 10:30am storytime event.

https://www.powells.com/book/a-tree-of-my-own-9798990803404/1-1

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito (she/her) is a Chinese American judge, mom, writer, and publisher in Portland, Oregon. Prior to her appointment as a patent judge, her legal practice focused on helping clients secure and maintain intellectual property rights across a broad spectrum of technologies including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotech. On the literary side, she is the founder of game and book publisher Demagogue Press and the nonprofit, Qilin Press, which publishes community-based stories. Frances also co-chairs the Young Willamette Writers program that provides free writing classes for high school and middle school students. You can find her on IG @francespaippolito, FB Frances Pai, and at www.demagoguepress.com/about

Gigi Little is a freelance book designer and the staff designer for Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. Her cover for Forest Avenue’s novel Froelich’s Ladder won the gold medal in the jacket/cover design category of the PubWest Book Design Awards. She's also the editor and illustrator of their popular short story collection City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales. Her writing for adults can be found in journals and anthologies including Portland Noir, The Pacific Northwest Reader, and Dispatches from Anarres. She has a middle-grade short story forthcoming in the anthology The Magic We Miss, and she wrote and illustrated two published picture books, Wright Vs. Wrong and The Magical Trunk. More info can be found at gigilittle.com.