[2] The oldest daughter of Lin Yutang, she was born in Amoy and came to the United States at the age of thirteen.
In 1940, with Tai-yi, she published Girl Rebel, a translation of the autobiography of Xie Bingying.
After studying at Columbia University, she went on to work for the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China from 1943 to 1946.
[3] She published her first novel Flame from the Rock in 1943; the book is set in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
[4] On May 1, 1946, she married Richard Biow, son of advertising executive Milton H.