13 Facts About Lisa See

Lisa See was born on 18 February 1955 and is an American writer and novelist.

Lisa See's books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net, The Interior, Dragon Bones, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love and Shanghai Girls, which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list.

Lisa See's 2019 novel, The Island of Sea Women, is a story about female friendship and family secrets on Jeju Island before, during, and in the aftermath of the Korean War.

Lisa See completed a sequel titled Dreams of Joy, released in May 2011.

Lisa See has a personal essay included in the anthology Half and Half.

On February 18,1955, Lisa See was born in Paris, France.

Lisa See's mother was Carolyn Lisa See, an American student who later became an English professor, writer, and novelist.

Lisa See's father was Richard Lisa See, an American student who later became an anthropologist.

Lisa See's parents were later divorced, and her mother married Tom Sturak.

Lisa See has spent many years in Los Angeles, California, especially in and around the Los Angeles Chinatown.

Lisa See has written for and led many cultural events emphasizing the importance of Los Angeles and Chinatown.

Lisa See was the West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly.

Lisa See has written articles for Vogue, Self, and More; has written the libretto for the opera based on On Gold Mountain, and has helped develop the Family Discovery Gallery for the Autry Museum, which depicts 1930s Los Angeles from the perspective of her father as a seven-year-old boy.