| In this special shade of heartbreak, my debut middle-grade novel, The Queen Bees of Tybee County, was acquired by Quill Tree. A story about a Chinese American seventh grade basketball star who learns to embrace his queer identity and Chinese American heritage by competing in a southern pageant in drag. A story about hope. Of course I was stoked(!), but I’d be lying if I told you that the timing of this news felt like a cruel joke. How in the hell was I supposed to conjure hope for children at such a wretched time in my life? In the aftermath of personal and viral calamity? Well, as you might’ve guessed, books helped me claw myself from bedrot. I dove into the page, and now have ten stories to thank for resurrecting me from my despondency. For helping me to feel again.
—Kyle Casey Chu, "What to Read When Your Ex Takes the Dog" | 
