American women writers of Chinese descent

The list American women writers of Chinese descent includes Lisa Ling, Connie Chung, Amy Tan, Laura Ling and Pauline Chen. The list consists of 60 members and 1 sublist.

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Lisa Ling

Journalist and correspondent

Overview: Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist, television personality, and author. She is currently the host of This Is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN. Previously, she was a reporter on Channel ...

Date of birth: 30 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Paul Song (Married)

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American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

American women war correspondents 36T

American women memoirists 620T
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Connie Chung

American journalist

Overview: Constance Yu-Hwa Chung (born August 20, 1946) is an American journalist. She has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous ...

Date of birth: 20 August 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Partner: Maury Povich (Married)

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American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

NBC News people 191T
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Laura Ling

American journalist

Overview: Laura Ling (born December 1, 1976) is an American journalist and writer. She worked for Current TV, which until 2013 was owned by former Vice President Al Gore, as a correspondent and vice president of ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1976

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

Partner: Iain Clayton (Married)

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American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

American women memoirists 620T

21st-century memoirists 301T
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Amy Tan

American novelist

Overview: Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993 by director Wayne Wang.

Date of birth: 19 February 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Lou DeMattei (Married)

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

Baptists from California 22T

21st-century American essayists 363T
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Miranda Kwok

Canadian screenwriter, television producer, and actress

Overview: Miranda Kwok is a Canadian-American screenwriter, actor, and television producer best known as the creator and executive producer of the Fox drama series The Cleaning Lady, which premiered on January 3 ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1994

Age: 30

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Canadian women television writers 84T

American women television writers 777T

American women television producers 822T
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Alice Wu

American film director

Overview: Alice Wu (Chinese: 伍思薇; born April 21, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 21 April 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

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American film directors of Taiwanese descent 8T

American film directors of Chinese descent 29T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T
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Pauline Chen

Surgeon, author, and New York Times columnist

Overview: Pauline W. Chen (born 1964), is a Taiwanese American surgeon, author, and New York Times columnist. She is known for her 2007 book Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality as well as her online ...

Date of birth: 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

American women columnists 383T

Loomis Chaffee School alumni 38T
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Iris Chang

American author

Overview: Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was a Chinese American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1968

Date of death: 9 November 2004

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Female

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American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

2004 suicides 55T

American women writers who committed suicide 22T
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Lisa Biagiotti

American journalist

Overview: Lisa Biagiotti (born August 20, 1979) is a filmmaker and journalist based in Los Angeles. She is the director and on-camera correspondent of On the Streets, a Los Angeles Times 12-part series and 72-minute ...

Date of birth: 20 August 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

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Women documentary filmmakers 402T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

American women film producers 581T
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Lisa Joy

American screenwriter and executive producer

Overview: Lisa Joy is an American screenwriter, director and television producer. She is co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Westworld. Her work also includes writing for the television series Burn ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Jonathan Nolan (Married)

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American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T

American women of Taiwanese descent 107T
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Chanel Miller

American writer, artist

Overview: Chanel Miller (born June 12, 1992) is an American writer and artist based in San Francisco, California and New York City, New York. She first came into the public eye anonymously after she was sexually ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Gunn High School alumni 23T

American women memoirists 620T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T
12.

Eva Chen

Fashion editor and children’s book author

Overview: Eva Chen (born September 24, 1979) is an American journalist. She is the director of fashion partnerships at Instagram and a children's book author. Previously she was editor-in-chief of Lucky and beauty ...

Date of birth: 24 September 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Barbie Sheroes 15T

Brearley School alumnae 87T

American women of Taiwanese descent 107T
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Wang Ping (author)

American-Chinese writer

Overview: Wang Ping (born August 14, 1957) is a Chinese-American professor, poet, writer, photographer, performance and multimedia artist. Her publications have been translated into multiple languages and include ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

Short story writers from Shanghai 14T

Chinese women essayists 11T
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Laura Joh Rowland

American detective/mystery author

Overview: Laura Joh Rowland is an American detective/mystery author best known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist Sano Ichirō (佐野一郎) set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni 43T

University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni 568T

Novelists from Michigan 199T
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Fae Myenne Ng

American writer

Overview: Fae Myenne Ng (born December 2, 1956 in San Francisco) is an American novelist, and short story writer.

Date of birth: 2 December 1956

Age: 67

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

American Book Award winners 440T

American short story writers of Chinese descent 11T
16.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Chinese American author and teacher

Overview: Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese: 湯亭亭; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong; October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1940

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Earll Kingston (Married)

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

American women memoirists 620T

American women non-fiction writers 2,184T
17.

Celeste Ng

American novelist

Overview: Celeste Ng (Chinese: 伍綺詩 sə-LEST ING) (born July 30, 1980) is an American writer and novelist. She has released many short stories that have been published in a variety of literary journals. Ng's ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

Harvard College alumni 2,012T

Novelists from Ohio 259T
18.

Yang Huang

Author

Overview: Yang Huang (born June 13, 1971) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Living Treasures, was a finalist for the 2008 Bellwether Prize and the 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards ...

Date of birth: 13 June 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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American novelists of Chinese descent 27T

Novelists from Florida 170T

American short story writers of Chinese descent 11T
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Grace Lin

American children's writer

Overview: Grace Lin (born May 17, 1974) is a Taiwanese-American children's writer and illustrator.

Date of birth: 17 May 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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American women of Taiwanese descent 107T

American women children's writers 582T

American writers of Taiwanese descent 24T
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Grace Lee Boggs

American social activist, philosopher, feminist, and author (1915–2015)

Overview: Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1915

Date of death: 5 October 2015

Age: 100 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American anti-racism activists 97T

American women Marxists 14T

American women memoirists 620T