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Maureen Sun

Maureen Sun

Maureen Sun Biography

Maureen Sun has lived and worked in the U.S., England, France, Korea, and Hong Kong, and taught literature at Princeton, Barnard, NYU, and the University of Hong Kong. She is at work on a second novel.

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  • Lan Samantha Chang

    Lan Samantha Chang

    Lan Samantha Chang is the author of a collection of short fiction, Hunger, and two novels, Inheritance and All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost.

    Chang has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    The Sisters K

    Try:
    The Family Chao
    by Lan Samantha Chang

  • E.J. Koh

    E.J. Koh

    E. J. Koh is the author of The Magical Language of Others, which won a Washington State Book Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, and Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, and was longlisted for the PEN Open Book... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    The Sisters K

    Try:
    The Liberators
    by E.J. Koh

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