Wang Ping is a Chinese-American retired professor, poet, writer, and artist. The author of 13 books. Her publications have been translated into multiple languages. She earned a BA in English from Beijing University before immigrating to the United States in 1985. Ping earned an MA in English from Long Island University and a PhD in comparative literature from New York University. Wang's books have won the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction, Minnesota Award for Novel & Short Story, Association for Asian American Studies Award for Poetry/Prose, University of Colorado's Eugene M. Kayden Award for the Best Book in the Humanities, and NYC Public Library Award for the Teen Age. She's been the recipient of fellowships, grants, and residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, Loft Literary Center, McKnight Foundation, Bush Foundation, Lannan Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center.