May-Lee Chai
May-lee Chai is the author of the novel, My Lucky Face, and co-author of a family memoir, The Girl From the Purple Mountain, which was nominated for the National Book Award. She is a former reporter for the Associated Press and has taught creative writing at the University of Colorado-Boulder and San Francisco State University. She received a master's degree in East Asian studies from Yale University and a master's degree in English-Creative Writing from the University of Colorado. She will be...See more
May-lee Chai is the author of the novel, My Lucky Face, and co-author of a family memoir, The Girl From the Purple Mountain, which was nominated for the National Book Award. She is a former reporter for the Associated Press and has taught creative writing at the University of Colorado-Boulder and San Francisco State University. She received a master's degree in East Asian studies from Yale University and a master's degree in English-Creative Writing from the University of Colorado. She will be teaching creative writing at Amherst College in Massachusetts. See less
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