Bio
Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is known to enchant her audience with her captivating storytelling and insights into Vietnamese history and culture. She is an award-winning writer in Vietnamese and English, author of twelve books. Her novels, The Mountains Sing and Dust Child are international bestsellers and won numerous awards include the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, the Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction, the International Book Awards, the BookBrowse Best Debut Award, among others. Her writing has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She has a Ph.D in Creative Writing. For more information: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com