ABOUT JI-LI JIANG
A contemporary Chinese author, she is best known for her 1998 memoir, Red Scarf Girl. She is also known for The Magical Monkey King, a work based on a Chinese folk tale.
She studied at Shanghai Teacher's College and Shanghai University before graduating from the University of Hawaii in the 1980s.
She founded a non-profit organization called Cultural Exchange International.
She grew up in a Shanghai, China apartment with her father, mother, grandmother, brother, and sister.
She and her family fell victim to the Cultural Revolution of Chairman Mao Tse Tung . Her father was forced by the Chinese government to do hard labor as punishment for his alleged anti-Communist sympathies, and she was ridiculed by classmates and prevented from taking part in Communist Youth activities.
