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Reader’s Digest chooses THE LEFTOVER WOMAN as a Book Club Pick
Indigo in Canada picks THE LEFTOVER WOMAN as one of their top 10 Best Books of the Year
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN is a Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller
Jean is featured on the cover of Writer’s Digest
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN is a Good Morning America Book Club Buzz Pick
Jean appears in Lucy Worsley’s documentary about Agatha Christie along with Ruth Ware and Kate Mosse
Jean’s essay, “Fear Doesn’t Need to Stop You” appears in Oprah Daily
Library staff across America choose THE LEFTOVER WOMAN as a top 10 book pick for LibraryReads
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN is a Book of the Month Pick
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN has been chosen as a CBS New York Top 3 Pick
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE, MAMBO IN CHINATOWN and GIRL IN TRANSLATION are all in development for film and television
Jenna Bush Hager does the cover reveal for Jean’s new novel, THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, coming Oct 10, 2023
Jean’s new novel, THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, is now available for preorder
Jean has written a new, authorized Miss Marple story for a collection for the Agatha Christie estate, entitled MARPLE: TWELVE NEW MYSTERIES
Jean is reviewing for the New York Times Book Review again
Jean’s work has been added to the curriculum at Pace University, CUNY, Indiana University, Northern Illinois University, the University of San Diego, and many other schools and colleges
Jean’s essay, “The Perpetual Foreigner,” appears in Oprah Daily
Searching for Sylvie Lee is NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, including a new section with a book club guide, recipes and more
Jean’s essay “Searching for Grace during Lockdown” appears on TODAY
Indiana University is already teaching Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee is a Time Must-Read Book
Searching for Sylvie Lee is the Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale Common Read for 2020
The New York Post chooses Searching for Sylvie Lee as a Best Book
Searching for Sylvie Lee is a Goodreads Choice Awards Semi-Finalist for Mystery & Thriller
Marie Claire picks Searching for Sylvie Lee as a Best Book
Searching for Sylvie Lee is a Real Simple Best Book
NBC News picks Girl in Translation as one of 5 Books to Read about the Chinese American Experience
Jean appears on the Today Show with Maria Shriver and Jenna Bush Hager
Foreign rights to Searching for Sylvie Lee sold to Croatia, the Czech Republic, Vietnam and the UK
Searching for Sylvie Lee named a best book of summer by Marie Claire, The NY Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, People, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Nylon, The Week, The Daily Beast, Publishers Weekly, BookBub, Conde Nast Traveler and more.
Searching for Sylvie Lee is an INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Searching for Sylvie Lee hits THE NEW YORK TIMES (hardcover fiction and combined print and ebook), USA TODAY, AMAZON, APPLE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY and THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION bestseller lists
The TODAY SHOW’s Jenna Bush Hager chooses Searching for Sylvie Lee as the June Book Pick (Read with Jenna)
Emma Roberts of Belletrist chooses Searching for Sylvie Lee as the June Book Pick
Searching for Sylvie Lee to be taught at Indiana University
Marie Claire selects Searching for Sylvie Lee for Best Women's Fiction of 2019
Russian rights to Searching for Sylvie Lee sold
Dutch rights to Searching for Sylvie Lee sold
Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean's third novel, is coming on June 4, 2019
Estonian rights to Girl in Translation sold
Girl in Translation read in Dutch secondary schools, including Het College Hageveld and Gymnasium Camphusianum Gorichem, where Jean will speak
Jean gives talks at Harvard University
Jean has been named the Hannah Judy Gretz Fellow at Ragdale
Bustle chooses Girl in Translation as one of 11 must-reads for Human Rights Day
Bijna thuis, the Dutch translation of Girl in Translation, is the #2 bestseller in the Netherlands
The British School in The Netherlands is reading Girl in Translation as a part of their curriculum
Mambo in Chinatown selected for Penguin Stacks
Cedar Crest College chooses Girl in Translation for their honors freshman common read
Girl in Translation selected as Lincoln Academy's Books & Brunch summer read
Girl in Translation has just been added to the curriculum of the Lycée Français des Pays-Bas Vincent van Gogh
Real Simple selects Mambo in Chinatown for Best Books of 2014
Mambo in Chinatown is the Penguin USA Twitter Book Club Pick for July
Jean writes for TIME Magazine
iBooks puts Mambo in Chinatown in Top 10 Fiction List
Dutch translation of Mambo in Chinatown (Dans met mij) to be released on 2 July
Mambo in Chinatown selected byWoman’s Day’s for Best Books of 2014
Mambo in Chinatown chosen for Artis-Naples Critic’s Choice
Booklist alongside books by Donna Tartt, Joyce Carol Oates and Chang-Rae Lee
One of Real Simple’s Hottest Page-Turners This Summer: Mambo in Chinatown
Girl in Translation featured in Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month alongside books by Pearl S. Buck, Ha Jin, Jamie Ford and Jhuma Lahiri
Woman’s Day is sponsoring a Mambo in Chinatown giveway, including Latin dance shoes
Girl in Translation approved for the curriculum at the International School of Amsterdam
Danish rights to Mambo in Chinatown sold
Foreign rights to Norway, Finland and Sweden sold for Mambo in Chinatown
Dutch rights to Mambo in Chinatown sold
Girl in Translation chosen for the 2014 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound by YALSA, a division of the American Library Association
Mambo in Chinatown selected for Publishers Lunch's BUZZ BOOKS 2014
Jean will be doing a national book tour in June/July 2014
Foreign rights for Germany to Mambo in Chinatown sold
Large-print rights sold
Israeli rights to Mambo in Chinatown just sold
Girl in Translation is a core text at the American School of the Hague
The New Community College at CUNY is using Girl in Translation for first year curriculum
Chosen by Portland Community College as their All-School Read
Will be read in Dutch high schools as a part of the English Noordhoff Blackbirds series, alongside titles by Steinbeck and Roald Dahl.
Chosen as one of three books in "Lit Kit Bags"distributed to more than 450 schools and public libraries in 58 cities and towns by Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition and Books to Bridge the Region
Chinese rights have just been sold
Documentary on Jean's life and book just filmed for national Dutch television
Jean's short story "Where the Gods Fly" shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the world's largest short fiction prize
Jean awarded "Distinguished Graduate Award 2012" for Hunter College High School
Delaware County Community College has selected GIRL IN TRANSLATION for their college-wide common read 2012
GIRL IN TRANSLATION has been adopted across an entire county in Georgia for inclusion in their year-long curriculum
Wright State University has chosen GIRL IN TRANSLATION for their 2012 Common Read Program
Foreign rights to Indonesia just sold
GIRL IN TRANSLATION is being recorded for the Library of Congress, specifically the NLS (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped)
Join the online international Global Read for GIRL IN TRANSLATION on Thursday, 1 December 2011 from 4pm to 5pm EST, sponsored by Primary Source, the Pearson Foundation and We Give Books! Free registration here.
Extensive author notes now available on Subtext, the new free ipad app! Deleted scenes, author commentary, and more.
Selected for the TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2012)
Winner of the Salt Lake County Library Reader’s Choice Award
Chosen as the County-City Library's Pick
GIRL IN TRANSLATION has become a New York Times bestseller again, now in trade paperback
GIRL IN TRANSLATION is the November Costco Book Pick
Chosen as the Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year, Adult and High School Title 2011-2012
Selected as a Florida Teens Read
Selected by the Chinese American Library Association as a 2010 Best Book
GIRL IN TRANSLATION in trade paperback has already hit the ABA Indiebound, NCIBA and SCIBA bestseller lists
Featured in Apple iPad and iPhone national commercials
Selected as an Orange New Writers title for best debut fictionPromotions by Orange and Waterstone's to be in stores in June.
Chosen as a John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist
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Winner of an American Library Association Alex Award
Selected as one of China Daily’s Top 10 Books of 2010.
Chosen by the School Library Journalas one of their Best Adult Books 4 Teens
Nominated in TWO categories for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2010: Fiction and Debut Author
Foreign rights sold to Turkey and Croatia, for a total of 14 foreign countries
GIRL IN TRANSLATION has been nominated for QPB’s 2010 New Voices award
Selected as one of Woman & Home’s Top 30 Books of 2010.
GIRL IN TRANSLATION chosen by readers at About.com as one of the Best of 2010
Featured in The Guardian’s Choice of First Novels.
Selected by the blogger community as Best Cultural Book in Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2010
Picked by Flavorwire as one of ten women authors they love.
GIRL IN TRANSLATION hit the New York Times Best Seller List
Paperback release date: May is a “Discover Great New Writers” pick for Barnes and Noble
Selected as an Indie Next List pick for May 2010! The Indie Next List is compiled from hundreds of nominations from indie booksellers nationwide. It's a predictor of the twenty hottest titles to come.
A Blue Ribbon featured pick for all of the following book clubs: Book of the Month, Doubleday, Literary Guild, Large Print, the Lifestyle Clubs, Rhapsody, and Book of the Month Club 2.