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Author Bio
• Birth—February 18, 1955
• Where—Paris, France
• Education—B.A., Loyola Marymount University
• Currently—lives in Los Angeles, California
Lisa See is an American writer and novelist. Her Chinese-American family (See has one Chinese great-grandparent) has had a great impact on her life and work. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995) and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007), Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list, and China Dolls (2014).
Flower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones make up the Red Princess mystery series. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love focus on the lives of Chinese women in the 19th and 17th centuries respectively. Shanghai Girls chronicles the lives of two sisters who come to Los Angeles in arranged marriages and face, among other things, the pressures put on Chinese-Americans during the anti-Communist mania of the 1950s. See published a sequel titled Dreams of Joy.
Writing under the pen name Monica Highland, See, her mother Carolyn See, and John Espey, published three novels: Lotus Land
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See, Lisa 1955–
(Monica Highland, a joint pseudonym, Lisa See Kendall)
PERSONAL: Born February 18, 1955, in Paris, France; daughter of Richard Edward (an anthropologist) and Carolyn (a novelist; maiden name, Laws) See; married Richard Becker Kendall (an attorney), July 18, 1981; children: Alexander See, Christopher Copeland. Education: Received certificate from Institute for Balkan Studies in Greece, 1978; Loyola Marymount University, B.A., 1979. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, tennis, gardening.
ADDRESSES: Home and office—Los Angeles, CA. Agent—c/o Sandra Dijkstra, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, 1155 Camino del Mar, Ste. 515, Del Mar, CA 92014. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Writer. Work-related activities include Autry Museum of Western Heritage, guest curator and developer of the Family Discovery Gallery and the Gold Mountain exhibit which traveled to the Smithsonian Institution; guest curator of the Tyrus Wong Retrospective at the Chinese American Museum; El Pueblo de Los Angeles Monument Authority, Los Angeles City commissioner.
MEMBER: PEN American Center, PEN Center USA West, the Trusteeship.
AWARDS, HONORS: Proclamation from City of Los Angeles and Long Beach Literary Hall of Fame Award, both 1983, both for Lotus Land;Edgar A
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About the Author
Includes the names: John Espey, J. J. Espey, Can J. Espey, John H. Espey
John Espey collaborated with his companion Carolyn See instruction her girl Lisa Supervise to get by several novels, published fall the nom de plume Monica Highland.