C.V.
LISA SEE
Current Projects:
Guest curator - Autry Museum of Western Heritage - On Gold Mountain Exhibit - August, 2000 - January, 2001
Libretto - Los Angeles Opera - On Gold Mountain - premieres May, 2000
Novel - Dragon Bones - October, 2001
Books by Lisa See:
The Interior, HarperCollins, October, 1999 (Foreign rights sold to the U.K. and Spain)
Flower Net, HarperCollins, 1997 (Foreign rights sold to the U.K., Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands, Japan, Finland, Norway, Spain, Denmark, Greece, and Israel. Audio rights sold to Bantam. Motion picture rights sold to Paramount Studios.)
On Gold Mountain, St. Martin's Press, 1995; Vintage, 1996 (Foreign rights sold to Germany, Italy, Denmark, Japan, and the U.K.)
A Day in the Life of Hawaii, text, Collins, 1984
Books as Monica Highland
(with Carolyn See and John Espey)
110 Shanghai Road, McGraw Hill, 1986. (Foreign rights sold to the U.K., Brazil, France, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.)
Greetings from Southern California, Graphics Arts Center Publishing, 1986
Lotus Land, Coward McCann, 1983. (Foreign rights sold to England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France and Israel.)
Anthologies:
The Mystery Café Mystery Lover’s Cookbook, Dell, 1999
Half & Half, Pantheon, 1998
Making Waves II, Beacon, 1997
Writing for Your Life II, Pushcart Press, 1995
Writing for Your Life, Pushcart Press, 1992
Ronald Revisited, Popular Press, 1983
Contexts, Nelson, 1982
Magazines:
Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Washington Post Book World, A Magazine, TV Guide, Angeles Magazine, Human Behavior, Sporting Times, etc.
Professional Background:
1983 to Spring, 1996 - West Coast Correspondent for Publishers Weekly
1979 to present - freelance journalist
Speaking Engagements:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Asia Society, China Society, China Institute, Round Table West, Literary Women, Book Affaire (Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center), Davidson Luncheon Salon, Brandeis Women's Club, Palos Verdes Women's Club, California Club, Publishers Marketing Association, Northern California Book Publicists Association, book fairs (Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles), library associations, writer’s conferences, colleges and universities (UCLA, USC, Cal Tech, Linfeild College), etc.
Television appearances:
CNN – "News Night Update"; KCET - "Take Five - Writers in Residence"; KABC - "Eyewitness News"; KUSI - "Women"; "Connie Martinson Talks Books", KCET – "Life & Times," PBS-TV – "This is America," and other news shows across the country, etc.
Radio interviews:
NPR, KFI, KFMB, KSDO, KPBS, KDTV, KHOW-FM, KSCO, KALW, KPCC, KCLU, WNWK, WNYE-AM, WHWK-FM,WNYC, KGON, KALX, KPOO, KOPB, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, etc.
Professional Associations:
Association for Asian American Studies, International Association of Crime Writers, Mystery Writers of America, PEN American Center, PEN Center USA West, and Southern California Chinese Historical Society
Boards:
University of California Press (1993 to present); Daybreak Resource Board (1994 to present); Pen Center USA West (1997 to present)