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Mingmei Yip
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Mingmei's Carnegie Hall Qin Event
"A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture":
Lecture/performance on Qin Music and Chinese Calligraphy
Mingmei demonstrating calligraphy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
With New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 07
With #1 best-
With Best selling author Lee Child, Hunter College Writer's Conference, June 9, 2012
Welcome to best-
Story of an
imperial embroiderer
and her secrets
to seduce the emperor!
A young woman escapes
her forced marriage to
a ghost and apprentices
to become an embroiderer.
But her teacher, once a concubine
of the last emperor,
must elude vengeful eunuchs
from the palace.
Published November 2014!
Praises for
Secret of a Thousand Beauties:
Yip is truly a master. Everything
about this story was enthralling...
strong, memorable characters,
unique setting...an emotional
roller coaster.
Examiner.com
Fans will enjoy this emotionally
poignant novel."-
Boundless energy that propels the reader
to gratifying conclusion. -
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Mingmei’s Sixth Novel:
Secret of a Thousand Beauties
The Nine Fold Heaven
is coming out July 2013!
In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draw readers deeper into the exotic world
of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women and into the lives of the unforgettable
singer-
The Nine Fold Heaven is the story of an ex spy and nightclub singer who undertakes an emotional and dangerous journey to reunite with her lost lovers and the baby she was told was stillborn, and to discover the secret of her parents’ murder.
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Skeleton Women is the story of a singer and a spy, a magician, and a gossip columnist scheming to survive the gang wars in the lawless, 1930ies Shanghai.
Reviews:
A guilty pleasure....enjoy the exotic location and characters.... This is a large,
luscious box of chocolates. Go on. You know you want to." -
Entertaining diversion is (a strength of this book) Publisher's Weekly
Poignant and often heartbreaking story captivatin mix of worldly and ethereal, mystery and drama kept me interested and kept me reading with her journal cum memoir style that few authors pull off. I loved how she incorporated in her narrative Chinese customs, legends, myths and beliefs and especially how she quoted from long ago texts on war and strategies, it was her characters that dominated the pages. Bookclub.BarnesandNoble.com, June 1, 2012
What a phenomenal novel!! The characters are well-
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Coming out December, 2015!
Chinese shamaness trying to solve a murder mystery involving four Western witches, a castle owner and his Mistress….
Kensington Blurb:
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The Witch’s Market
Mingmei’s novels have been
Translated into nine languages
And sold to ten countries!
Peach Blossom Pavilion
Petals from the Sky
Mingmei’s new and second children’s book
Grandma Panda’s China Storybook
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(Tuttle Publishing, 2013)
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Song of the Silk Road is a romantic adventure on China's fabled route with the lure of a three million dollar reward.
Publisher's Weekly's favorable review:
“Yip’s lively new novel manages to be at once modern and traditional…Surprising and
often funny….Part epic, part coming-
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Praise for Mingmei's novels:
"Poignant...continues to linger in the reader's mind, with many scenes and words resounding...Peach Blossom Pavilion is sure to touch all who read it." Mary Jo Putney, New York Times Bestselling author
“Lovely and evocative, provocative and unforgettable…book clubs will especially be fascinated.” M.J. Rose, national bestselling author.
"A serious, engaging of faith, devotion, and the commingling of cultures." Booklist.
"Riveting...a rare peek into an exotic culture that is thrilling, captivating and moving." Shobhan Bantwal, award winning author
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Petals from the Sky is a Buddhist, interracial love story set in Hong Kong, China, Manhattan, and Paris, published in March 2010 by Kensington Books!
Petals from the Sky was # 7 on Amazon's kindle sale right after its release!!!
Mingmei and her ink painting and calligraphy
Only 7 weeks after its release, Peach Blossom Pavilion is already in its 4th printing!!!
Peach Blossom Pavilion is the first novel in English about a Chinese courtesan (geisha) who was a qin musician!
From Recent Reviews:
A riveting account of mysterious lifestyles in pre-
Jani Brooks, Romance Review Today
"From a prodigiously talented new Chinese author comes a marvelous debut novel about a woman who becomes China's most successful courtesan. Yip's work echoes 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' but with a sharper, more suspenseful pace." Powell's Books
Chinese translations
Song of the Silk Road
