Wendy Lee, author of “Across A Green Ocean” visits {pages} on Thursday, February 5 at 7pm

Wendy Lee is the author of the novels “Across a Green Ocean”and “Happy Family”. “Happy Family” was named one of the top ten debut novels of 2008 by Booklist and awarded an honorable mention from the Association of Asian American Studies.
A graduate of Stanford University and New York University’s Creative Writing Program, Wendy spent more than ten years in the publishing industry as an editor at HarperCollins Publishers and Lantern Books in Brooklyn. She has also worked as an English teacher in China, taught writing at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and served as a mentor with Girls Write Now.
This powerfully honest novel captures the complexity of the immigrant experience, exploring one family’s hidden history, unspoken hurts, and search for a place to call home. RSVP’s Recommended.