{"id":3251,"date":"2008-08-06T00:08:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:08:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-08-06T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:08:11","slug":"Blogger-lands-two-worldwide-book-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=3251","title":{"rendered":"Blogger lands two worldwide book deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

She's famous on the Internet for her Japanese trend blog La Carmina (lacarmina.com<\/a>)<\/b>. Her witty writing and “Gothic Lolita” handmade fashion caught a New York agent's attention. Now, 23-year-old Carmen Yuen<\/b>, who goes by the name La Carmina, has landed two worldwide book deals. <\/p>\n

Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, is publishing Cooking Cute, a Western spin on the Japanese bento trend where meals are decorated like Hello Kitty and Pokemon. La Carmina<\/b> will create original recipes and adorable anime drawings for this four-color, photo-packed paperback. <\/p>\n

La Carmina<\/b> has more on her plate. This fall, New York art and graphics publisher Mark Batty is flying her to Tokyo and Taipei. She'll photograph and write about kooky theme restaurants – \u201c including maid cafes, a haunted jail, an S&M hospital, and a toilet-themed eatery. The full-color hardcover will be released in March 2009. <\/p>\n

A writing prodigy, La Carmina<\/b> has already published one book, inking her first contract at age 19. Cosmos in a Carrot applies Zen Buddhism principles to healthy eating and was published by Berkeley's Parallax Press in 2006. <\/p>\n

In September 2007, La Carmina began blogging about Japanese style and trends on her site, lacarmina.com. LA CARMINA was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. The 23-year-old is a Gothic Lolita fashion designer, popular blogger, and soon-to-be author of three books. She holds a summa cum laude B.A. from Columbia University in New York, and is a recent graduate of Yale Law School.<\/i> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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