Bonnie Tsui

Bonnie Tsui (born 1977)^{[citation needed]} is an American author and journalist of Hong Kong descent. She was born in New York, New York, graduated from Harvard University,^[1] and currently lives in Berkeley, California. She grew up a competitive swimmer.^[2] American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods was published by Simon & Schuster's Free Press in 2009. The Los Angeles Times^[3] said it "explored their class struggles, rivalries, customs and dialects," of the cities' Chinatowns. Tsui also contributes essays and cultural commentary to well-known American magazines, including The New York Times and California Sunday.^[4] In 2020, she published a memoir, Why We Swim, with Algonquin Books,^[5] which delves into the history of swimming. The New York Times called it an enthusiastic and thoughtful work.^[6] Her third book, Sarah & the Big Wave,^[7] about big-wave women surfers, was published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers in 2021. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto.