Kirstin Chen Explained

Kirsten Chen
Birth Place:	Singapore
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Singaporean
Notableworks:	Soy Sauce for Beginners Bury What We Cannot Take
Alma Mater:	Stanford University Emerson College

Kirstin Chen is a Singaporean writer.

Biography

Kirstin Chen was born and raised in Singapore. She moved to the United States at age 15 to attend boarding school, then attended Stanford University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts.^[1] She has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College.

She currently lives in San Francisco^[2] and teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco^[3] and with Ashland University's low-residency MFA program.^[4]

Works

Chen's first novel was Soy Sauce for Beginners, was an editors pick at O, The Oprah Magazine,^[5] the novel tells the story of a young Singaporean Chinese woman living in the United States who returns to Singapore to help the family soy sauce business.

Chen's second novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, published in 2018 by Little A/Amazon Publishing, relates the stories of three generations of a family set against the backdrop of 1950s Maoist China. The novel was named among "best fiction of 2018" by Entropy^[6] and "best historical fiction of 2018" by BookBub.^{[7] [8]}

Bibliography

• Soy Sauce for Beginners, New Harvest, 2014.
• Bury What We Cannot Take, Little A, 2018.
• Counterfeit : a novel, William Morrow, New York, NY, 2022. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ang . Prisca . Kirstin Chen Ventures Out of Singapore with Novel Set in 1950s Maoist China . Forbes . 25 June 2020.
2. Web site: Chen . Kirstin . Bio . Kirsten Chen . 25 June 2020.
3. Web site: Kirstin Chen . University of San Francisco . 25 June 2020.
4. Web site: Kirstin Chen . MFA Faculty . Ashland University . 25 June 2020.
5. Web site: 3 Books for Wintry Weekends . Oprah.com . Oprah Magazine . 25 June 2020.
6. Web site: Best of 2018: Best Fiction Books . Entropy . 26 June 2020.
7. Web site: Golden . Johanna . Best Historical Fiction Books of 2018 . Book Bub . 26 June 2020.
8. Web site: 2022-06-07 . Take 5 with Kirstin Chen . 2022-09-01 . Hyphen Magazine . en.
9. Web site: Yu . Brandon . 'Counterfeit': S.F. author Kirstin Chen talks about her 'Trojan horse' novel . 2022-09-01 . Datebook San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide . en-US.
10. Web site: 2022-06-14 . Kirstin Chen on Shattering the Model Minority Myth . 2022-09-01 . Literary Hub . en-US.
11. Web site: 2022-08-26 . Review At the Library: "Counterfeit" by Kirstin Chen . 2022-09-01 . therecord.com . en.
12. Web site: 2022-05-16 . Counterfeit Is a Complicated Tale of Friendship, Lies, and Knockoff Handbags . 2022-09-01 . pastemagazine.com . en.
13. Web site: Kirstin Chen pens con-artist caper that shatters the model minority myth . 2022-09-01 . KALW . en.
14. Web site: Auto . Hermes . 2022-07-16 . Kirstin Chen's novel Counterfeit challenges the 'model minority' myth The Straits Times . 2022-09-01 . www.straitstimes.com . en.