Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a Singapore-born author, journalist and professor.[1][2]
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Born | Singapore |
Occupation(s) | journalist, author |
Notable work | Sarong Party Girls, A Tiger in the Kitchen |
Born and raised in Singapore, she moved to the U.S. to study at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. As a journalist, she has been a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, In Style magazine and the Baltimore Sun, and she has published stories at mainstream media like The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy or Newsweek, among many other places.
In 2024, she became a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, where she is the inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair.[2]
She has been an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association. As an author, she has published and co-edited some best-seller books.[3]
Works
edit- A Tiger in the Kitchen (Hyperion, 2011)[4][5]
- Sarong Party Girls (William Morrow, 2016)[6][7]
- Singapore Noir (Akashic Books, 2014)[8][9] editor
- Anonymous Sex (Scribner Books, 2022) co-creator and co-editor
References
edit- ^ "Singapore's 'Sarong Party Girls' with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan | Lesley University". lesley.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ a b Powers, Samantha (2023-05-09). "Medill alumna Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to serve as inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair in storytelling Medill alumna to serve as first George R.R. Martin storytelling chair". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Five Minutes With... Novelist Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan". Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ ""A Tiger in the Kitchen," a memoir by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "'A Tiger in the Kitchen,' by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan". SFGATE. 2011-03-06. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Thompson, Eliza (2016-07-07). "11 Addictive Books You Can Tear Through in a Weekend". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ SARONG PARTY GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "A review of Singapore Noir by Cheryl Lu-Tien Tan". Travelfish. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Singapore Noir". www.publishersweekly.com. 2018. Retrieved 2022-09-30.