SFZF2025 Guest of Honor

& Invited Guests

 
Vietnames artist Thien Pham sitting at a table eating pho. He is smiling, looking down, with chopsticks in his right hand.

Thien Pham
Guest of Honor

  • Thinking Captions Reading (Fri., Aug. 30, Silver Sprocket, 6-7:30 pm)

  • Q&A (Sep. 1 at City View at Metreon, 3-4pm)

We are thrilled to announce Thien Pham as our 2025 Guest of Honor.

Pham is a graphic novelist and educator based in Oakland, CA. He 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. His 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 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 a finalist for the ALA YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction and Won an Eisner award for Best Memoir Graphic Novel. Currently, Pham is working on his next graphic novel, teaching, and eating. A lot.

Instagram: instagram.com/thiendog/
Website: tinyurl.com/advocate-eha

Front cover of Thien Pham's graphic novel Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam. A bowl of pho is in the foreground and illustrations from Pham's life are faded in the background.

Thinking Captions Zine Reading
Friday, August 30 from 6 - 7:30 pm at Silver Sprocket
Invites Guests will be revealed at a later date.