Jian Ping

Jian Ping was born and raised in China. She worked in Beijing for four years before coming to the U.S. to pursue her graduate studies in 1986. Her publications include A Fool's Paradise (Xiwang Publishing, China, translator), a collection of translated short stories by Isaac B. Singer, and Chinese Film Theory (Praeger, New York, co-editor, 1989). Her book Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China has been turned into a doc-drama film by award-winning director Susan Morgan Cooper (To the Moon and Back, An Unlikely Weapon: the Eddie Adams Story.)

She is a public speaker on issues related to China, women's leadership, and writing. Jian is working on her next book in collaboration with her daughter Lisa who grew up in the U.S. The book is titled From Changchun to Chicago: A Mother and Daughter's Journey.