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Jean Kwok is the award-winning, New York Times and international bestselling author of Dominion (coming 7/14/26), The Leftover Woman, Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation, and Mambo in Chinatown. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, Good MMoreJean Kwok is the award-winning, New York Times and international bestselling author of Dominion (coming 7/14/26), The Leftover Woman, Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation, and Mambo in Chinatown. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, Good Morning America, CBS New York, Book of the Month, LibraryReads, Indie Next, Goodreads Choice Awards, Belletrist, and Discover Great New Writers, and most of her work is in development for film and television.

She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award, the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award, and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award international shortlist. She immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and earned an MFA from Columbia University, working as a professional ballroom dancer between degrees.
She reviews for the New York Times Book Review and has served as judge for International Thriller Writers, Tucson Festival of Books, Ragdale, and San Miguel Writers’ Conference, and her work has been published in more than twenty countries and is taught in schools across the world. She lives in the New York area.

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Jean Kwok’s Books

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The Silk and Iron Trilogy

1 primary work • 1 total work

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Author Details

Born in Hong Kong.

Official Website: https://www.jeankwok.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanKwok
Genre: Literature & Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
Member Since: February 2010

Quotes

What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.

Jean Kwok, Girl in Translation

Tags: relationships