Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li received a B.S. (1996) from Peking University, an M.S. (2000) from the University of Iowa, and an M.F.A. (2005) from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. Since 2008, she has been an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Davis. Her additional works include Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories (2010) and short stories and essays that have appeared in such publications as Granta, the New Yorker, and the Paris Review.