Susan Wan Dolling

Susan Wan Dolling is a first-generation Chinese American writer who grew up in Hong Kong, lived in Japan, and now calls Austin, Texas, home. She earned an AB in English and Creative Writing and a PhD in Comparative Literature, both from Princeton University, and taught English and Chinese literature at Fordham and the University of Texas at Austin. Her publications include translations of Chinese classical poetry and modern short stories; some of these stories are found in THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE (Columbia UP), DEATH IN A CORNFIELD (Oxford UP), BAMBOO SHOOTS AFTER THE RAIN (The Feminist Press), GHOSTS (Two Lines Press), and three short stories in WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS. She has also translated a full-length novel by Wang Wenxing entitled FAMILY CATASTROPHE, which is included in the University of Hawaii Press’s Fiction from Modern China series. THE PRICE OF SUNSHINE is her first original novel.

Susan Wan Dolling

Susan Wan Dolling is a first-generation Chinese American writer who grew up in Hong Kong, lived in Japan, and now calls Austin, Texas, home. She earned an AB in English and Creative Writing and a PhD in Comparative Literature, both from Princeton University, and taught English and Chinese literature at Fordham and the University of Texas at Austin. Her publications include translations of Chinese classical poetry and modern short stories; some of these stories are found in THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE (Columbia UP), DEATH IN A CORNFIELD (Oxford UP), BAMBOO SHOOTS AFTER THE RAIN (The Feminist Press), GHOSTS (Two Lines Press), and three short stories in WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS. She has also translated a full-length novel by Wang Wenxing entitled FAMILY CATASTROPHE, which is included in the University of Hawaii Press’s Fiction from Modern China series. THE PRICE OF SUNSHINE is her first original novel.