Annie Wang grew up in Beijing. A child prodigy in her native China, she was one of the most successful and influential young writers/journalists in the 1980s and had a strong following among Chinese youth before moving to America to study at UC Berkeley in the mid 90s. It was here where Annie honed her writing skills in English and won the Berkeley poetry contest in 1996. Since then, she has published two novels in English (Lili and The People's Republic of Desire). Hailed as "a striking literary voice" by LA Times, she has received critical acclaims by major Western media outlets such as the New York Times, Times of London, Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Economist, New Yorker, IHT, Marie Claire, Seattle Times. She also has contributed to publications such as The Washington Post, Time and Fortune, while giving social commentaries for CNN, NPR and maintaining a column for the South China Morning Post. Her writing focuses on modern China, women, identity, and pop culture. A women's magazine executive by profession, she has held managing editor positions for In Style, Tatler China and publisher for Lifestyle magazine. She splits time between her homes in Shanghai and Beijing, living with her husband and three children.