Nguyễn Phan Quế

Born and raised in Vietnam, Dr.

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is the author of thirteen books in Vietnamese and English, most recently the global bestselling novels THE MOUNTAINS SING and DUST CHILD.

Her writing in Vietnamese has received some of the top literary awards in Vietnam including the Poetry of the Year Award 2010 from the Hanoi Writers Association.

Her writing in English has received numerous international awards including the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, the International Book Awards, the BookBrowse Best Debut Award, the Lannan Literary Fellowship in Fiction, and Runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Quế Mai’s writing has been translated into more than twenty-five languages and has appeared in major publications including The New York Times.

She is the translator of eight books.

Quế Mai has been using her voice to advocates for the rights of disadvantaged groups.

Currently she is the Peace Ambassador for PeaceTree Vietnam, an organization that works to remove unexploded bombs in Vietnam, the Author Advocate for Room to Read, an organization that aims to erase global illiteracy and promotes girls’ education,

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and an Ambassador for ShelterBox Bookclub, a UK charity book club which has raised £1 million to provide emergency shelter for families across the world after disasters.

She was named by Forbes Việt Nam as one of twenty inspiring women of 2021.

She has a Ph.D in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

For more information, please visit: www.nguyenphanquemai.com

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THE MOUNTAINS SING

Country: Vietnam

Publisner Name: Algonquin Books

Original Language: English

THE MOUNTAINS SING tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War.

Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North.

Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family.

Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.

The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s first novel in English.