Janice Y. K. Lee (born 1972),[1] is a Hong Kong-born American author, known for her best-selling debut novel The Piano Teacher.
After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in English and American Literature and Language, Lee moved to New York City, where she worked as an editor at Elle and Mirabella magazines.
[4] The novel tells a sweeping tale of love and betrayal, set in Hong Kong during and after World War II.
In July 2015 Lee announced that her follow-up novel would be titled The Expatriates and follow three American expats living in Hong Kong.
The New York Times Book Review called Lee "[a] female, funny Henry James in Asia,"[8] and the San Francisco Chronicle praised her "talent for infusing much-needed moments of reflection into what could otherwise devolve into maudlin melodrama".