Writing

I write about Asian American history and identity, parenting, kids, health, technology… and everything in between. Below is a small sampling of my work.

Lunar New Year Mad Libs
Ellen Lee Ellen Lee

Lunar New Year Mad Libs

Penguin Random House

Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) is here, and Mad Libs is joining in the celebrations with Lunar New Year Mad Libs! Filled with good cheer and good fortune, these 21 fill-in-the-blank stories about the traditions and joy of the holiday will have the whole family ready to ring in the new year together.

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The Way Back Home
Ellen Lee Ellen Lee

The Way Back Home

Truly Adventurous

They were told they could not be together, kept apart by cultural oppression, discrimination and the law. Then she disappeared. A race for love across a San Francisco transformed by the railroad and the immigrant labor force the city prepares to abandon.

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