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| Bill Cheng | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) Queens, New York |
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Bill Cheng (born 1983) is a Chinese-American writer. He is best known for his novel Southern Cross The Dog. It follows the story of a boy who survives the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and then spends several decades as a refugee, an abandoned orphan and then an itinerant laborer. Cheng is known for his sardonic sense of humor and holds an MFA in writing at Hunter College.
Books
- Cheng, Bill (9 May 2013). Southern Cross the Dog. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781447224914.
References
- "Bill Cheng - Bookreporter.com". www.bookreporter.com.
- "The One Thing White Writers Get Away With, But Authors of Color Don't". Arts.Mic.
- "| Summer Reading: New Asian American Authors We Love". Mochi Magazine. 10 July 2013.
- Bosman, Julie (2013-05-08). "Bill Cheng's Novel is 'Southern Cross the Dog'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Smiley, Jane (2013-10-26). "Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng – review". the Guardian.
- "A Tale From The Delta, Born Of The Blues". NPR.org.
- Apr 24, 2015 5:00 PM; Temple, Emily. "The 30 Best Books Written By Millennials". Refinery29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Book review: "Southern Cross the Dog" by Bill Cheng - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe.
- "New Voices: Chinese-American author Bill Cheng". USA Today.
- "Brooklynite's debut novel explores 1920s Mississippi". Brooklyn Eagle Daily. 13 May 2013.
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