Wu, Fan

Fan Wu grew up on a state-run farm in southern China, where her parents were exiled during the Cultural Revolution. She came to the US in 1997 for graduate studies at Stanford University and started writing in 2002. Her debut novel, February Flowers (Simon & Schuster), is being translated into eight languages. Her second novel, Beautiful as Yesterday, is forthcoming in 2009. Her short stories have appeared in Granta, The Missouri Review, and Asia Literary Review. She lives in Northern California and writes in both English and Chinese.