Lisa Yee is a Chinese American writer, the author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius (2003), Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (2005), and So Totally Emily Ebers (2007). The three books are a part of a trilogy, summarizing the three pre-teens' experiences in Rancho Rossetta in the summer. She has also written Good Luck Ivy!, an American Girl book. In 2007, Yee was chosen as the writer-in-residence at Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio.