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Lisa See is an American novelist, biographer, and writer. She was born on February 18, 1955, in Paris, France. She is best known for her novels Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, and Dreams of Joy.
See was born to a Chinese-American father and a German-American mother. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a degree in Asian Studies.
See has written several books, including biographies of Chinese women, novels, and non-fiction works. Her novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a feature film in 2011. Her novel Shanghai Girls was also a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a television movie in 2015.
See is also a community leader and has served on the boards of the Chinese American Museum, the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. She is a member of the Los Angeles Public Library Commission and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
As of 2021, Lisa See's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
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69 years old |
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Aquarius |
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18 February 1955 |
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18 February |
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Paris, France |
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Lisa See Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lisa See's Husband?
Her husband is Richard Kendall
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Richard Kendall |
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Alexander and Christopher |
Lisa See Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Lisa See worth at the age of 69 years old? Lisa See’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. She is from . We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
See's most recent 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. It was released on March 5, 2019.
See's novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017), is a powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance among the Akha people of Xishuangbanna, China. It paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family.
Flower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones make up the Red Princess mystery series. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love focus on the lives of Chinese women in the 19th and 17th centuries respectively. Shanghai Girls (2009) chronicles the lives of two sisters who come to Los Angeles in arranged marriages and face, among other things, the pressures put on Chinese-Americans during the anti-Communist mania of the 1950s. See completed a sequel titled Dreams of Joy, released in May 2011. China Dolls (June 2014) deals with Chinese American nightclub performers of the 1930s and 1940s.
Among her awards and recognitions are the Organization of Chinese Americans Women's 2001 award as National Woman of the Year and the 2003 History Makers Award presented by the Chinese American Museum. See serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner.
Lisa See is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list. Both Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan received honorable mentions from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature.
Writing under the pen name Monica Highland, See, her mother Carolyn See, and John Espey, published two novels: Lotus Land (1983), 110 Shanghai Road (1986), and Greetings from Southern California (1988), a collection of early 20th Century postcards and commentary on the history they represent. She has a personal essay ("The Funeral Banquet") included in the anthology Half and Half.
See was the West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly (1983–1996). 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. Her exhibition On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience was featured in the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, and the Smithsonian. See is also a public speaker.
See graduated with a B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in 1979.
See has donated her personal papers (1973–2001) to UCLA. During the 2012 Golden Dragon Chinese New Year Parade in Los Angeles Chinatown, See served as the Grand Marshal.
On February 18, 1955, See was born in Paris, France. See's mother was Carolyn See, an American student who later became an English professor, writer, and novelist. See's father was Richard See, an American student who later became an anthropologist.
