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Chinese American writer (born 1972)

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (born February 14, 1972)^[1] is an American writer, of Chinese descent.

She previously taught writing and literature in the graduate MFA writing program at Otis College of Art and Design until 2015.^[2] She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.

Biography

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum was born on February 14, 1972, in Houston, Texas.^[1] Her brother is musician Taylor Ho Bynum.^[3]

Bynum is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

A conversation between Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and Yiyun Li on why the best in literature is often the most flawed.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum was featured in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 Fiction Issue.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the.

Bynum is a recipient of the O'Henry Award and was also deemed one of the top “20 under 40” fiction writers by The New Yorker magazine in

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for.

Career

Fairy tales are a common theme in many of her works. Bynum describes fairy tales by saying that "they always walk that line between wonder and darkness."^[4]Madeleine is Sleeping was published by Harcourt in 2004, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.

Her short stories, including excerpts from her new n