Lillian Li
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University of Michigan (MFA)
Lillian Li | |
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 Li at the 2018 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Michigan (MFA) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Known for | Fiction |
| Notable work | Number One Chinese Restaurant |
| Website | lillianliauthor |
Lillian Li is a Chinese American author.[1] Her novel Number One Chinese Restaurant was an NPR Best Book of 2018[2] and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[3][4] She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[5]
Li was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and her Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers’ Program.[6]
Career
Li has taught at the University of Michigan.[7] She writes for the Michigan Quarterly Review.[7] Her work has been featured in The New York Times,[8] Granta,[9][10] One Story,[11] Bon Appétit,[12] Travel + Leisure,[13] The Guardian,[14] Guernica,[15] Glimmer Train,[16] and Jezebel.[17]
Number One Chinese Restaurant was her first novel.[18] The inspiration for writing Number One Chinese Restaurant came from a summer Li spent working twelve-hour shifts at a Peking duck restaurant outside of Washington, D.C.[19][14]