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ⓘ About Geling Yan
Geling served in the People’s Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, in Tibet. Yan started writing in the late seventies as a journalist, first covering the Sino-Vietnamese border war, where she achieved a rank equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. She became a published novelist in China in the year 1985. She left China to come to America in the year 1989, following the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Geling has her Master’s in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and her bachelor’s degree in literature from Wuhan University. She has been married twice, the first time to LI Kewei, from whom she divorced in the nineties. In the year 1992, she married Lawrence Walker, her second husband and a diplomat, in San Bruno, California.
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Who is Geling Yan?
Geling served in the People’s Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, in Tibet. Yan started writing in the late seventies as a journalist, first covering the Sino-Vietnamese border war, where she achieved a rank equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. She became a published novelist in China in the year 1985.
Which Geling Yan series should I start with?
Geling Yan's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Lost Daughter of Happiness (1996).
How many books has Geling Yan written?
Geling Yan has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2021. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Collections.
In what order should Geling Yan's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 6 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Geling Yan's books organised into series?
This guide splits Geling Yan's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books); Collections (1 book).