Thien Pham
Thien Pham is a graphic novelist and teacher based in Oakland, CA. He started drawing comics and became very involved in the handcrafted mini-comics and Zine culture in the early 2000s. He has made many zine and mini-comics since then.
Thien is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. Thien’s latest book, Family Style, a memoir about his family’s immigration to America told through the lens of food, came out in June 2023. Family Style won the Eisner award for Best Memoir and has been on numerous best-of lists including the Washington Post’s “Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2023” and Publishers Weekly’s “20 Books We Love.” Family Style was also a finalist for the ALA YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction, California Young Adult Book Award.
With his extensive experience as a graphic novelist and teacher, Thien has had the honor of speaking throughout the country. He speaks to a wide range of audiences. Including, libraries, bookstores, schools, non-profit organizations, book festivals, corporations, and book and educator conferences.
Currently, Thien Pham is working on his next graphic novel, teaching, and eating. A lot.
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
Eisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Memoir An NPR Best Books of 2023 A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do!...Read More |
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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
Eisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Memoir
An NPR Best Books of 2023
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do!
Thien's ...Read More
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Scott is a washed-up football player who never made it, and whose girlfriend abandoned him along with his dreams of playing pro football. But things have a way of working out, in this sweet, poetic tale--and a new chapter in Scott's life begins as the old one ends. Offered a position in a Japanese sumo training "stable," Scott abandons his old life...Read More
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Have you ever asked yourself what goes on in comics between the panels and behind the scenes? Between the Panels 2 gives you an inside look at the making of four great new graphic novels: Broxo, by Zack Giallongo; Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke; Bloody Chester, by JT Petty and Hilary Florido, Sum...Read More
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Family Style
This talk focuses on Thien’s book Family Style, which encompasses his family’s experience as refugees, his journey from reluctant reader to published author, and how Family Style was conceived and published.
Thien Pham wins the 2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir.
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023
Best Graphic Novels 2023 | SLJ Best Books
“Thien Pham’s Graphic Novel Is an Immigration Story Told Through Food”
“Oakland cartoonist’s graphic novel details the trauma, hope and food of family’s immigrant story”
“‘Family Style’ graphic novel uses food memories to tell a refugee story”
Praise for Family Style
This Eisner Award winner was included in the 2023 Best Book of the Year lists from NPR, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, and more!
“Packed with life lessons about family, friendship, assimilation and life in San Jose as a refugee, the graphic novel also serves as a love letter to his most memorable meals, from Southeast Asia to Northern California.”
— NPR“Pham deftly draws us into stirring sense memories — not only of place but also taste — using an immersive, autumnal palette.”
— Washington Post“Pham’s extraordinary memoir just might be the toothsome gift we didn’t know we needed.”
— Booklist, Starred Review“Pham reflects the push-pull conflict of assimilation and cultural loss as explored through food in digitally illustrated panels portraying visual feasts and expressive emotion, making for a vivid and insightful telling that offers joy and hope amid the terror.”
— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“A delicious series of memories full of hope and human connections despite the hardships of immigrating to a new home.”
— School Library Journal, Starred Review“…a moving, insightful graphic novel memoir that shares the Vietnamese refugee experience through food.”
— Shelf Awareness, Starred ReviewBook This Speaker
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