

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love focus on the lives of Chinese women in the 19th and 17th centuries respectively. The book is out March 19, 2019.įlower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones make up the Red Princess mystery series. See's forthcoming novel, The Island of Sea Women, is a story about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. It paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family. See's novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017), is a powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance. Both Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan received honorable mentions from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list.


Lisa See is an American writer and novelist.
