Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Explained
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| Birth Place: | Singapore |
| Occupation: | journalist, author |
| Notable Works: | Sarong Party Girls, A Tiger in the Kitchen |
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a Singapore-born author, journalist and professor.[1] [2]
Born and raised in Singapore, she moved to the U.S. to study at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. As a journalist, she has been a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, In Style magazine and the Baltimore Sun, and she has published stories at mainstream media like The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy or Newsweek, among many other places.
In 2024, she became a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, where she is the inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair.
She has been an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association. As an author, she has published and co-edited some best-seller books.[3]
Works
Notes and References
- Web site: Singapore's 'Sarong Party Girls' with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Lesley University . 2022-09-30 . lesley.edu.
- Web site: Powers . Samantha . 2023-05-09 . Medill alumna Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to serve as inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair in storytelling Medill alumna to serve as first George R.R. Martin storytelling chair . 2024-04-02 . The Daily Northwestern.
- Web site: Five Minutes With... Novelist Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan . 2022-09-30 . Ubud Writers & Readers Festival . en-US.
- News: "A Tiger in the Kitchen," a memoir by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-09-30 . 0190-8286.
- Web site: 2011-03-06 . 'A Tiger in the Kitchen,' by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan . 2022-09-30 . SFGATE . en-US.
- Web site: Thompson . Eliza . 2016-07-07 . 11 Addictive Books You Can Tear Through in a Weekend . 2022-09-30 . Cosmopolitan . en-US.
- Book: SARONG PARTY GIRLS Kirkus Reviews . en.
- Web site: A review of Singapore Noir by Cheryl Lu-Tien Tan . 2022-09-30 . Travelfish . en.
- Web site: 2018 . Singapore Noir . 2022-09-30 . www.publishersweekly.com.
