An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant.

Lillian Li is a Chinese American author. [1] Her novel Number One Chinese Restaurant is an NPR Best Book of 2018, [2] and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Center for …

Lillian Li is the author of the novel Number One Chinese Restaurant (Henry Holt). Her work has been published in the New York Times, Bon Appetit, Guernica, Granta, Glimmer Train, and …

Jun 19, 2018 · Lillian Li is the author of the novel Number One Chinese Restaurant (Henry Holt). Her work has been published in the New York Times, Bon Appetit, Guernica, Granta, Glimmer …

Lillian Li is a graduate from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, where she received her MFA in fiction. Her first novel is forthcoming from Henry Holt (Macmillan) in 2018. …

Jun 19, 2018 · Lillian Li follows a large cast of characters, all connected to the Duck House, a Chinese restaurant in the US that is as much the reason these people are connected as it is …

Jun 20, 2018 · Lillian Li talks about immigrant sacrifice, humor, learning from Asian American literature, and her debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant.

Jun 12, 2018 · Lillian Li uses her past as a server for inspiration in her debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant. “I got a taste of the physical and emotional toll that kind of work takes; a …

By seeing the array of books that come through our bookstore’s doors, it’s like speed dating. I thought I’d expand my tastes—become a more well-rounded reader. To an extent, that has …

Lillian Li is the author of the novel Number One Chinese Restaurant, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and an NPR Best Book of 2018. Her …