Join the book's fan page here.Jean Kwok is the author of GIRL IN TRANSLATION, her first novel, to be published on May 3, 2010 by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin. Foreign rights have been sold to Germany, Israel, Brazil, Holland, Spain, Italy, the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Russia.
Like her protagonist in Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok was born in Hong Kong. Along with her family, she immigrated to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. After entering public elementary school unable to speak a word of English, she was later admitted to Hunter College High School, one of New York City’s most competitive public high schools. She won early admission to Harvard, where she worked as many as four jobs at a time, and graduated with honors in English and American literature, before going on to earn an MFA in fiction at Columbia. She lives in the Netherlands.
GIRL IN TRANSLATION has been selected as: a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" pick, an Indie Next List pick by independent booksellers of the American Booksellers Association, and a Blue Ribbon pick for all of the following clubs: Book of the Month, Doubleday, Literary Guild, Large Print, the Lifestyle Clubs, Rhapsody and Book of the Month Club 2.
Jean often figures out her writing problems at the gym. She loves to dance and to cook.
