Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
Yiyun Li

Born: November 4, 1972 (age 53)
Bio: Yiyun Li is a Chinese American writer. Her debut short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her second collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl was shortlisted for the same award.
Known for:
- The Vagrants: A Novel (2009)
- Kinder Than Solitude (2013)
- A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005)
- Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (2010)
- A Sheltered Woman (2015)







