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Her nonfiction books include the family memoir, ''The Girl from Purple Mountain''[http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2001/news07_24.html], which was co-written with her father, the political scientist Winberg Chai. The book, which is narrated in alternating chapters by May-lee and her father, details her grandmother’s decision to be buried alone after helping her family to escape to America after the Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. ''The Girl from Purple Mountain'' was nominated for the National Book Award in nonfiction.  
Her nonfiction books include the family memoir, ''The Girl from Purple Mountain''[http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2001/news07_24.html], which was co-written with her father, the political scientist Winberg Chai. The book, which is narrated in alternating chapters by May-lee and her father, details her grandmother’s decision to be buried alone after helping her family to escape to America after the Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. ''The Girl from Purple Mountain'' was nominated for the National Book Award in nonfiction.  


Chai’s other memoir, ''Hapa Girl'' [http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/2001/news07_24.html], was a 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book and received an Honorable Mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. It explores violent reactions towards her mixed-race family in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s.  
Chai’s other memoir, ''Hapa Girl'' [http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1906_reg.html], was a 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book and received an Honorable Mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. It explores violent reactions towards her mixed-race family in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s.  




Chai also published a short story and essay collection, ''Glamorous Asians''; translated the 1934 autobiography of Chinese author, ''Ba Jin''[];  and and co-authored a book about changes in contemporary Chinese society, ''China A to Z'' [http://www.uindy.edu/universitypress/].
Chai also published a short story and essay collection, ''Glamorous Asians''[http://www.may-leechai.com/May_Lee_Chai_Glamorous_Asians.htm]; translated the 1934 autobiography of Chinese author, ''Ba Jin''[https://mayleechai.wordpress.com/the-autobiography-of-ba-jin/];  and and co-authored a book about changes in contemporary Chinese society, ''China A to Z'' [http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301027/china-a-to-z-by-may-lee-chai/]

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May-lee Chai





May-lee Chai is an award-winning American author of Chinese and Anglo-Irish heritage.

Her novels include My Lucky Face [1], about a Chinese woman in Nanjing balancing work, family, and a tough new job assignment taking care of a foreign teacher ; Dragon Chica [2], about Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge starting over in Texas and Nebraska; and its sequel, Tiger Girl, [3] which won the 2014 APALA Award for Best Young Novel from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.


Her nonfiction books include the family memoir, The Girl from Purple Mountain[4], which was co-written with her father, the political scientist Winberg Chai. The book, which is narrated in alternating chapters by May-lee and her father, details her grandmother’s decision to be buried alone after helping her family to escape to America after the Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. The Girl from Purple Mountain was nominated for the National Book Award in nonfiction.

Chai’s other memoir, Hapa Girl [5], was a 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book and received an Honorable Mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. It explores violent reactions towards her mixed-race family in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s.


Chai also published a short story and essay collection, Glamorous Asians[6]; translated the 1934 autobiography of Chinese author, Ba Jin[7]; and and co-authored a book about changes in contemporary Chinese society, China A to Z [8]