Belinda Huijuan Tang

Belinda Huijuan Tang

Belinda Huijuan Tang

2023 PFWA

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, this gripping debut follows a young mathematician caught between two countries, two cultures, two eras and two loves. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, A Map for the Missing explores the wrenching impact political ideologies can have on individual lives. Tang has a BA from Stanford, an MA from Peking University in Beijing, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where she was a Truman Capote Fellow. She lives in Los Angeles. 

“. . . wholehearted and sensitively drawn. I can’t wait to see what she writes next.” – The San Francisco Chronicle.  “Gripping from its first page to its last.” -BookPage

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