Eleanor Wong Telemaque

Fiction Writer

Santa Monica, CA
California US

Author's Bio

My works are required reading in the Asian AMerican Depts of Major universities including UCLA, University of Minnesota (manuscripts in the permanentKerlan Collection at the Elmer Anderson Library< Minneapolis, Have done readings at Yale, University of Michigan, , in the midwest in the past 30 years..

Publications & Prizes

Books:
The Sammy Wong Files (Blyden Press, 2015)
,
The Sammy Wong Files (Blyden Press, 2010)
,
It's Crazy to Stay Chinese in Minnesota (Thomas Nelson, 1995)
,
Haiti Through Its Holidays (Blyden Press, 1990)
Journal:
Mei-Li in Minnesota
Prizes won: 

First Manhattan BoroughPresident's award for excellence in the Arts in the field of Literature.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Hotel in the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah, Pi Bitert grandson by Ruth Ann Lum McCunn

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Albert Lea
Raised in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Aug 27, 2013