Kirstin Chen

Kirstin Chen is a Singaporean writer. She is the author of the novels Soy Sauce for Beginners and Bury What We Cannot Take.

Biography

Kirstin Chen was born and raised in Singapore. She moved to the United States at age 15 to attend boarding school, then attended Stanford University.[1] She has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College.[2] She currently lives in San Francisco[3] and teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco[2] and with Ashland University's low-residency MFA program.[4]

Works

Chen's first novel was Soy Sauce for Beginners, published in 2014 by New Harvest/Amazon Publishing.[2] An editors pick at O, The Oprah Magazine[5], the novel tells the story of a young Singaporean Chinese woman living in the United States who returns to Singapore to help the family soy sauce business.

Chen's second novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, published in 2018 by Little A/Amazon Publishing,[2] relates the stories of three generations of a family set against the backdrop of 1950s Maoist China. The novel was named among "best fiction of 2018" by Entropy[6] and "best historical fiction of 2018" by BookBub.[7]

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References
  1. Ang, Prisca. "Kirstin Chen Ventures Out of Singapore with Novel Set in 1950s Maoist China". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "Kirstin Chen". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. Chen, Kirstin. "Bio". Kirsten Chen. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. "Kirstin Chen". MFA Faculty. Ashland University. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  5. "3 Books for Wintry Weekends". Oprah.com. Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. "Best of 2018: Best Fiction Books". Entropy. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. Golden, Johanna. "Best Historical Fiction Books of 2018". Book Bub. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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