Alumni News
Katie Yee '17 Selected as Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Prize Winner

Katie Yee '17 was selected as the winner of the Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Debut Author Prize for her novel Maggie; or, a Man and Woman Walk into a Bar.
Yee spoke with Miwa Messer, host of the Barnes & Noble Poured Over podcast, about the book.
Writes Isabelle McConville on Barnes & Noble's blog:
"Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee is funny, full of heart and folklore, centered on a woman determined to find humor in her heartbreak. Katie joins us to talk about short books, universality, unnamed narrators, Chinese mythology, living in translation, hope and more with host Miwa Messer."