Lisa See
1955
Writing stories is not easy. It takes a certain devotion to weave words into stories that speak to the human heart. These are the kinds of stories that author Lisa See writes. Lisa See was born on February 18th, 1955 in Paris but spent most of her youth in Los Angeles. As a young woman Lisa See knew she wanted to travel so she decided to take two years off from college and do just that. During her travels she realized that she had to find a way to support herself so that she could continue traveling. Lisa had always been adamant about never becoming a writer but during her stay in Greece she realized it was exactly what she wanted to do. She describes the moment she realized she could write as a light bulb suddenly going off. That single moment is the reason why Lisa See began writing about the Chinese American experience.